The idea of female Orcs is actually canonical to the books (at least the later versions of the books, when Tolkien had more time to ponder the matter); it says Orcs reproduce 'after the Manner of the Children of Iluvater' (in other words, they bump uglies). The idea of them springing out of slime pits was cemented in the minds of those who only watched the Jackson movies. The concept of sea-serpents (and indeed other water monsters) has always fascinated and horrified me. They seem to rise up out of the unknown like 'monsters of the Id' from the hidden recesses of the mind.
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