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There are reasons to think the Xenomorphs might be silicon-based life forms. Primarily, the optimal solvent for such life would be highly acidic. Secondarily, the only explanation for its rapid growth on a spacecraft would be that it consumes inorganic materials. Thirdly, its teeth have a noticeably metallic sheen.
There was a video about the biology of them and described the blood to basically be tetrafluoride (Teflon), which would make sense if they were a silicate-based life-form along with the ability to survive in environments hostile to carbon-based organisms
this actually makes sense since we didn't get to see one of them eat a human to survive but it doesn't work becouse it wouldn't be able to be parasidic to humans becouse our dna and their dna like structure would be diffrent
Charles Darwin once described the parasitic wasp as so terrifying that it made him question the existence of a beneficent and omnipotent God as how could He create such a creature. In fact, there's a family of parasitic wasps that's named after Darwin.
Xenomorphs are generally accepted to be silicon based. The acid blood is because their internal energy system is electrical in nature, so the acid is like what you would find in the electrolyte of a wet cell battery (think car battery). There's also been discussions that they are not a naturally occurring species, but were developed as a bioweapon. As silicon based lifeforms, they incorporate inorganic materials such as metals and plastics and use them as food so they can grow.
@@Rainin.7 Eat Rock? #1 component of a terrestrial planet is Silicon. #2 is Oxygen. The basis of rock is SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide which is also known as glass).
I love the Alien Franchise... well the earlier ones at least. Aliens was the first of the series I watched before later seeing Alien. It's an amazing creature design and what makes the first 2 movies so great is how different they are as movies, Aliens added so much to the Alien universe without breaking what the first one had created.
Here's the thing... Alien 3 is perfectly fine as a piece of media if you consider it one thing and one thing only.... 🧐 The ENTIRE thing is a PTSD induced Nightmare Ripley is having during the Hypersleep journey home. 🤔 There are no magically teleporting extra eggs, hidden facehuggers that escaped riding the queen, or drones that hitched a ride with the queen and didn't join the fight. Did not happen outside of Ripley's nightmares.
@@johannesbowers7467 Although I totally get why people would argue which is the best between Alien and Aliens, and as much of a shitshow as it was... I like Alien3 the best.
Fun Fact: Xenomorph encounter math is NOT a 1:1 ratio of Eggs/Facehuggers to Hosts/Drones. Each normal (Non Queen) Facehugger implants Multiple chestburster eggs that will usually cannibalize each other if not presenting in a host with sufficient body mass. You can actually reach a yeild of about 1 viable chestburster per 50kg of host biomass. This means that you can get 2-3 (or more) chestbursters out of larger host creatures, even humans. This can result in exponentially larger Xenomorph outbreaks than a given infected population would presume, much to the chagrin of combat planners.
This is no longer canon. The facegugger injects a pathogen into the host. The pathogen then mutates surrounding biological material into the embryo which also weakens the surrounding flesh and bones to make the birth easier for the chest buster. This is covered in the cold forge book
@@lustrazor44 new canon does not cancel old canon, when two things can be true at the same time. "Pathogen" = in-vitro Chestburster embryo/catalyst and can still generate multiples out of a single host given enough host biomass.
I like to think that the acid blood is so potent because it can be repurposed to supply the organism with energy via dynamic chemical reactions when in long term hibernation. Like when isolated from food and lost in space.
Acording the the Aliens RPG - acid blood is a good conductor of electricity - which is why the aliens were situated under the fusion powerplant in "Aliens", meaning they could go dorment whist in effect getting fed electricity for them to function.
I was really interested in the level of intelligence the aliens showed in Aliens. In my head cannon, they’d been a civilization on their homeworld, but not space fairing, when they were found by the humanoid aliens. Carried through infection to other planets. The recent alien movies have destroyed that, which is ridiculous.
At least according to the comics thay have a "civilization" controlled by either a Hive Queen or Empress to coordinate the large numbers of Xenomorphs, but outside of comics or novels they usually seem to be presented as merely a hive-based social species
I will always have Newt's earnest little voice living rent-free in my head, "they mostly come at night... mostly." That "mostly" was so perfect, I do poor imitations of it to this day
You call them "Space fairing", but we've never seen them have their own ships. They spread the way parasites or fruits do, (carried inside other organisms)
I've always been curious about how/if the Yautja (predators) altered the Xenomorphs to make them a "more perfect" beast worthy of hunting. There seems to be many hints at their involvement in the development and deployment of Xenomorphs, using them to create hunting grounds where they train against the Xenomorphs mainly. I am curious if they have changed the xenomorphs from when they first found them
I'll be honest; I've really never noticed any hints that the Yautja had anything to do with the Xenomorph development, maybe in some comic I haven't read but I'm not sure how canon they are to anything else. I think that they found the Xenos worthy prey like they did humans.
Until seeing "Alien vs. Predator" I never thought there was any link between the two, but the fact they're established to have been coming to Earth and training Unblooded against the Xenomorphs definitely hints at a long-standing link. Taking "Prometheus" into account and that idea is effectively thrown out the window as David is the "creator" of the species
@@andrewmalinowski6673 At the end of the Predator 2 movie (with Danny Glover), in the spaceship when he is looking at the trophy wall, you can see xenomorph skulls. So this was hinted at in the 1990's, well before AVP came out.
11:23 Holy shit! OrangeRiver is a Smiling Friends fan! There’s not a lot of “lore” on the creatures of Smiling Friends, but there may be enough for some RUclips shorts or like a 10 minute video. Tons of internet lore in that show though
Most Xenomorphs seem incapable of conventional non-tactical thinking, unless you look at the Queens or Genetic Drones from "Alien Resurrection." The Genetic trio locked in the same cell fought each other to spill blood in order to escape confinement and spread, otherwise they act more on instinct
Maybe not "intelligent" in and of itself, but It has been posited that they "inherit" memories and knowledge from their hosts, and are able to leverage that when faced with technology. Like elevators.
I always found it ridiculous that the xenomorph grew from it's immediate post-birth size to an 8 foot tall adult in such an extremely short period, and also whilst not consuming anything in the interim. It can't be a case of the newborn alien being far denser than it's adult form, therefore increasing it's volume, but not it's mass. That would make the incubation host incapable of walking while carrying that level of extra mass. Also, that mass would have to be transmutated from the host's body, which does not exceed that of the xenomorph.
It's just matter of how much are you willing to suspend your belief. It could easily be explained away with explanations such as, their bodily functions use the molecular acid, if their metabolism used it, basically any material source would suffice. Metabolism separates the useful molecules from un-useful ones and rapid growth shall begin. Energy source shall be any heat.
Outside of Ripley it's either a plot detail: if no one knows the threat is later explained for the sake of the audience, or those who know are like Ash; The Company ordered no employees to know, if they know the Sample would be destroyed
Great video but you excluded the mechanics of how they breathe and the tubules along their backs which could help in that process.(Im currently not sure how they breathe but clearly oxygen does not phase them and yet they also survive without it).
Covenant and Alien 3 needs to be deleted from canon. Prometheus had a great setup then covenant pulled an alien 3 by killing main characters off screen.
Always loved the acid for blood as a defence mechanism on the fully grown xenomorph, but I always thought it made very little sense on a facehugger. Its role was to keep its victims alive so better it released a noxious substance that would make people retch and cough to help its space willy find a home. Still, it drives the plot along so…😊 Ps not that evolution has a will or conscience of course. But the current thought is that they are bio engineered so I’m going with it..
I compare it to the original Alien both good and bad. Decent to good story that sucks you in and makes you think and want to know more but at the same time sometimes going a little too slow.
@@GrimmShadowsII Maybe I'm just super patient or a generally low-energy person, but I don't the slow and contemplative moments between the big stuff happening. My favorite movie ever is 2001, so I'm pretty good at waiting it out between action scenes.
@shawnleeguku I don't always but there is a limit and Prometheus and Alien atleast straddle that line. It's not so bad that it ruins the whole movie but there are parts that feel just a little to stretched out or slow paced and could probably have been shortened tiny bit. I don't remember specific parts since it's been awhile since I've seen them just remember the feeling.
Since they kill their host, they’re technically parasitoids, not parasites. I recently learned that distinction, and now I will make that everyone else’s problem. Also, 1/4 of all described species are beetles. Have a great day.
I only saw the more recent ones in a haze and don't remember them very well. I do hope this "Romulus" one does well cause i like the series overall although i would have gone with a more unique name. As a Star Trek fan, Romulus is where the Romulans and their fun oompa loompa haircuts hail from
Picard while being interrogated by a cardassian knows there are only four Alien movies. I kinda like the concept of Xenomorphs its kinda disgusting while being fascinating.
Literally google it dude. The whole point of most of the movie is to elicit fear from men due to the intrusive sexual nature of the creatures and environments.
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There are reasons to think the Xenomorphs might be silicon-based life forms. Primarily, the optimal solvent for such life would be highly acidic. Secondarily, the only explanation for its rapid growth on a spacecraft would be that it consumes inorganic materials. Thirdly, its teeth have a noticeably metallic sheen.
There was a video about the biology of them and described the blood to basically be tetrafluoride (Teflon), which would make sense if they were a silicate-based life-form along with the ability to survive in environments hostile to carbon-based organisms
this actually makes sense since we didn't get to see one of them eat a human to survive but it doesn't work becouse it wouldn't be able to be parasidic to humans becouse our dna and their dna like structure would be diffrent
Wow i never knew giger specifically redesigned the xenomorph eggs as spite. What a funny guy.
I've never understood where they get their biomass from? How do they go from footlong chestburster to human-sized monster without eating?
According to lore they absorb elements from the surrounding environment but the math still doesn't add up. Maybe they are related to Odo from DS-9
Incredible Bulk?
Just ask Bruce Banner....
Subspace. If in doubt, it's always subspace 😉
Mycelial Network?
They are breatharians
Charles Darwin once described the parasitic wasp as so terrifying that it made him question the existence of a beneficent and omnipotent God as how could He create such a creature. In fact, there's a family of parasitic wasps that's named after Darwin.
Xenomorphs are generally accepted to be silicon based. The acid blood is because their internal energy system is electrical in nature, so the acid is like what you would find in the electrolyte of a wet cell battery (think car battery). There's also been discussions that they are not a naturally occurring species, but were developed as a bioweapon. As silicon based lifeforms, they incorporate inorganic materials such as metals and plastics and use them as food so they can grow.
How do they grow if they stranded in a less civilization that have no metal and plastic material in common?
@@Rainin.7 Eat Rock? #1 component of a terrestrial planet is Silicon. #2 is Oxygen. The basis of rock is SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide which is also known as glass).
I love the Alien Franchise... well the earlier ones at least. Aliens was the first of the series I watched before later seeing Alien. It's an amazing creature design and what makes the first 2 movies so great is how different they are as movies, Aliens added so much to the Alien universe without breaking what the first one had created.
Here's the thing... Alien 3 is perfectly fine as a piece of media if you consider it one thing and one thing only....
🧐
The ENTIRE thing is a PTSD induced Nightmare Ripley is having during the Hypersleep journey home.
🤔
There are no magically teleporting extra eggs, hidden facehuggers that escaped riding the queen, or drones that hitched a ride with the queen and didn't join the fight.
Did not happen outside of Ripley's nightmares.
@@johannesbowers7467 Although I totally get why people would argue which is the best between Alien and Aliens, and as much of a shitshow as it was... I like Alien3 the best.
For some reason I was looking forward to seeing a 40 plus minute long video, we got the director's cut today boys.
Damn, I've really ruined my audience's expectations about video length 😆 (But my alien biology videos have never really been THAT long)
Fun Fact: Xenomorph encounter math is NOT a 1:1 ratio of Eggs/Facehuggers to Hosts/Drones.
Each normal (Non Queen) Facehugger implants Multiple chestburster eggs that will usually cannibalize each other if not presenting in a host with sufficient body mass. You can actually reach a yeild of about 1 viable chestburster per 50kg of host biomass. This means that you can get 2-3 (or more) chestbursters out of larger host creatures, even humans. This can result in exponentially larger Xenomorph outbreaks than a given infected population would presume, much to the chagrin of combat planners.
This is no longer canon. The facegugger injects a pathogen into the host. The pathogen then mutates surrounding biological material into the embryo which also weakens the surrounding flesh and bones to make the birth easier for the chest buster. This is covered in the cold forge book
@@lustrazor44 new canon does not cancel old canon, when two things can be true at the same time. "Pathogen" = in-vitro Chestburster embryo/catalyst and can still generate multiples out of a single host given enough host biomass.
Holy hell! That ending was hilarious! What a great way to make an 'Aliens' reference! LOL!
"Get away from her, you _bMMMPH!!!"_
hssssssss..........
I like to think that the acid blood is so potent because it can be repurposed to supply the organism with energy via dynamic chemical reactions when in long term hibernation. Like when isolated from food and lost in space.
Captain... Is this gonna be a stand up video essay or just another bug hunt?
We said aliens she thought we said "illegal aliens sign up"
Fuck you
Anytime... anywhere😊
You stow that shit Hudson!
❤
"I like to keep this handy...(cocks shotgun)for close encounters."
Acording the the Aliens RPG - acid blood is a good conductor of electricity - which is why the aliens were situated under the fusion powerplant in "Aliens", meaning they could go dorment whist in effect getting fed electricity for them to function.
I was really interested in the level of intelligence the aliens showed in Aliens. In my head cannon, they’d been a civilization on their homeworld, but not space fairing, when they were found by the humanoid aliens. Carried through infection to other planets.
The recent alien movies have destroyed that, which is ridiculous.
At least according to the comics thay have a "civilization" controlled by either a Hive Queen or Empress to coordinate the large numbers of Xenomorphs, but outside of comics or novels they usually seem to be presented as merely a hive-based social species
Extremely in depth videos love em
I will always have Newt's earnest little voice living rent-free in my head, "they mostly come at night... mostly." That "mostly" was so perfect, I do poor imitations of it to this day
The Xenomorph is one of my favourite bad guys ever.
You call them "Space fairing", but we've never seen them have their own ships. They spread the way parasites or fruits do, (carried inside other organisms)
as was stated:)
I knew from the audio the cat was clawing at a Tendi. But I had to rewind to find out which Tendi it was.
I've always been curious about how/if the Yautja (predators) altered the Xenomorphs to make them a "more perfect" beast worthy of hunting. There seems to be many hints at their involvement in the development and deployment of Xenomorphs, using them to create hunting grounds where they train against the Xenomorphs mainly. I am curious if they have changed the xenomorphs from when they first found them
I'll be honest; I've really never noticed any hints that the Yautja had anything to do with the Xenomorph development, maybe in some comic I haven't read but I'm not sure how canon they are to anything else. I think that they found the Xenos worthy prey like they did humans.
Until seeing "Alien vs. Predator" I never thought there was any link between the two, but the fact they're established to have been coming to Earth and training Unblooded against the Xenomorphs definitely hints at a long-standing link. Taking "Prometheus" into account and that idea is effectively thrown out the window as David is the "creator" of the species
@@andrewmalinowski6673 At the end of the Predator 2 movie (with Danny Glover), in the spaceship when he is looking at the trophy wall, you can see xenomorph skulls. So this was hinted at in the 1990's, well before AVP came out.
finally an alien creator who doesn't have a nasally voice, subbed!
I hope you stick around for the vast majority of my videos that aren't about Alien 😉
@@OrangeRiver of course
11:23 Holy shit! OrangeRiver is a Smiling Friends fan! There’s not a lot of “lore” on the creatures of Smiling Friends, but there may be enough for some RUclips shorts or like a 10 minute video. Tons of internet lore in that show though
I’d like to point out that seeking revenge against Ripley is an emotional reaction.
And ripping Bishop in half seemed pretty excessive, further evidence that the Queen was enraged
You could also argue that it was a committed effort to eliminate a clear threat that had already destroyed its nest and could come back.
Most Xenomorphs seem incapable of conventional non-tactical thinking, unless you look at the Queens or Genetic Drones from "Alien Resurrection." The Genetic trio locked in the same cell fought each other to spill blood in order to escape confinement and spread, otherwise they act more on instinct
I very much enjoy these videos
Elevator to hell! Going down!
The cat at the end😂😂😂
Waiting for someone to comment about the the lore (or what have you) in the Dark Horse comics.
Maybe not "intelligent" in and of itself, but It has been posited that they "inherit" memories and knowledge from their hosts, and are able to leverage that when faced with technology. Like elevators.
If they "inherit" knowledge it would sound like you're talking about 'genetic memory' which could make sense
Speaking of parasites, what happens if a paired Trill is infected with a Gou’auld? I mean, it would be possible.
To me, the Xenomorphs or The Qu (All Tomorrows) are worst case scenario for Alien Encounters.
imagine if Quark smuggles a rare and valuable egg on board DS9 one day.. I want to see that so bad 😅
They shouldn’t have made AvP. They should have made Predators Vs CRITTERS.
I always found it ridiculous that the xenomorph grew from it's immediate post-birth size to an 8 foot tall adult in such an extremely short period, and also whilst not consuming anything in the interim. It can't be a case of the newborn alien being far denser than it's adult form, therefore increasing it's volume, but not it's mass. That would make the incubation host incapable of walking while carrying that level of extra mass. Also, that mass would have to be transmutated from the host's body, which does not exceed that of the xenomorph.
It's just matter of how much are you willing to suspend your belief. It could easily be explained away with explanations such as, their bodily functions use the molecular acid, if their metabolism used it, basically any material source would suffice. Metabolism separates the useful molecules from un-useful ones and rapid growth shall begin. Energy source shall be any heat.
Where did the star trek video games video go, I was only halfway through it
Read the Community post about it!
People always told me I might be bright so no trouble 👌
😂
The biggest problem in Alien Universe is the people that know about them don't warn the crew what they are walking into so they car caught unprepared.
Outside of Ripley it's either a plot detail: if no one knows the threat is later explained for the sake of the audience, or those who know are like Ash; The Company ordered no employees to know, if they know the Sample would be destroyed
Great video but you excluded the mechanics of how they breathe and the tubules along their backs which could help in that process.(Im currently not sure how they breathe but clearly oxygen does not phase them and yet they also survive without it).
Covenant and Alien 3 needs to be deleted from canon. Prometheus had a great setup then covenant pulled an alien 3 by killing main characters off screen.
The Nerd we need, but do not deserve.
Nothing about kings or the variations in Prometheus???
Cool
Tom Cruise knows where Shelly Miscavige is.
Love Aliens but prefer the ‘self-perpetuating’ lifecycle that was implied in the original movie. It’s much more sinister and er… alien.
Thank you sir. Quick question. Do you think a xenomorph from a Tendi host would be smashable? 😂
LOL I try not too hard to think about that 😂
4:54 - clearly never played fallout 3 !
No mention of their artificial creation by the Engineers?
No one cares about that.
They behave very much like ants! One of my favorite animals! ❤
It's Sunday.... 🤔🤷🏻♀️😆
Tryin' to catch that Alien: Romulus hype wave!
Always loved the acid for blood as a defence mechanism on the fully grown xenomorph, but I always thought it made very little sense on a facehugger. Its role was to keep its victims alive so better it released a noxious substance that would make people retch and cough to help its space willy find a home. Still, it drives the plot along so…😊
Ps not that evolution has a will or conscience of course. But the current thought is that they are bio engineered so I’m going with it..
I'm one of those weirdos who likes Prometheus. Giger's attitude is pretty based.
I compare it to the original Alien both good and bad. Decent to good story that sucks you in and makes you think and want to know more but at the same time sometimes going a little too slow.
@@GrimmShadowsII Maybe I'm just super patient or a generally low-energy person, but I don't the slow and contemplative moments between the big stuff happening. My favorite movie ever is 2001, so I'm pretty good at waiting it out between action scenes.
@shawnleeguku I don't always but there is a limit and Prometheus and Alien atleast straddle that line. It's not so bad that it ruins the whole movie but there are parts that feel just a little to stretched out or slow paced and could probably have been shortened tiny bit. I don't remember specific parts since it's been awhile since I've seen them just remember the feeling.
The Bug Cereal ad on the Space Bug video. I see what you did there. 👏
You mean you don't remember the horseshoe crab war of 2124...... oops cats outta the bag
Since they kill their host, they’re technically parasitoids, not parasites. I recently learned that distinction, and now I will make that everyone else’s problem.
Also, 1/4 of all described species are beetles.
Have a great day.
Thank you for reminding me why I never was a fan 😅
Ayy lmao
Schweeet
There are more species of beetles than wasps. Your factoid is incorrect.
This is not universally agreed upon
Much better ad. No furies intended.
I only saw the more recent ones in a haze and don't remember them very well. I do hope this "Romulus" one does well cause i like the series overall although i would have gone with a more unique name. As a Star Trek fan, Romulus is where the Romulans and their fun oompa loompa haircuts hail from
Why my comment not posting
If you are a furry, you're the kind of person who I wouldn't mind sharing the fandom with.
... In that video that I was flashing back to, I finished the thought by saying "I'm not" 😅
Who's ready for Alien Romulus?
Your videos are interesting, but you should shorten them to under 10 minutes
LOL that's crazy if you're actually serious 😂
Picard while being interrogated by a cardassian knows there are only four Alien movies. I kinda like the concept of Xenomorphs its kinda disgusting while being fascinating.
Didn't actually deny being a furry though....
Meh, still hot.
Do you ahve any sources for hte claims about all those sexual intentions by the creators? Because if notthose are some extreme claims to make.
I mean, they're pretty obvious tbh lol
Literally google it dude. The whole point of most of the movie is to elicit fear from men due to the intrusive sexual nature of the creatures and environments.
Well documented. Could've used Google in the same amount of time as writing this pearl clutching comment.