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A lot of the logical issues surrounding the Xenomorphs biology (as well as continuity issues with the introduction of the Engineers) can be explained by them having the ability to manipulate organic matter. The DNA-warping black fluid in ''Prometheus'' may actually be something the Engineers produce using the Xenomorphs, which also have the ability to radically warp not just their own DNA, but the DNA of other creatures. Their nests, for example, are made from a resin that the Xenomorphs excrete somehow. In a deleted scene, the drone in the first film also has the ability to turn humans ''into eggs'', which suggests that the Xenomorphs can essentially create entire colonies from just one individual, Queen or not. So why wouldn't they just do this all the time? Simple, it essentially slows down reproduction by cutting the amount of potential hosts in half, so it is only used as a means of starting colonies. This could also mean that the Queen is not always the first born Xenomorph, and that Queens are created using their DNA warping, making them unnatural in a way. The Queen is the Xenomorphs' way of creating more eggs without going through the trouble of turning potential hosts into eggs, which would also explain why the Queen can so easily detatch itself from its egg-laying organ: it is not a natural body part.
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A lot of the logical issues surrounding the Xenomorphs biology (as well as continuity issues with the introduction of the Engineers) can be explained by them having the ability to manipulate organic matter. The DNA-warping black fluid in ''Prometheus'' may actually be something the Engineers produce using the Xenomorphs, which also have the ability to radically warp not just their own DNA, but the DNA of other creatures. Their nests, for example, are made from a resin that the Xenomorphs excrete somehow.without using organic matter to synthesize it, so they essentially make it from nothing. In a deleted scene, the drone in the first film also has the ability to turn humans ''into eggs'', which suggests that the Xenomorphs can essentially create entire colonies from just one individual, Queen or not. So why wouldn't they just do this all the time? Simple, it essentially slows down reproduction by cutting the amount of potential hosts in half, so it is only used as a means of starting colonies. This could also mean that the Queen is not always the first born Xenomorph, and that Queens are created using their DNA warping, making them unnatural in a way. The Queen is the Xenomorphs' way of creating more eggs without going through the trouble of turning potential hosts into eggs, which would also explain why the Queen can so easily detatch itself from its egg-laying organ: it is not a natural body part.
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The first film's Xenomorph's oddly intelligent and self-preserving behaviour may be explained by looking at eusocial insects. Like modern day ants, the xenomorph drones may all have the ability to become Queens that they inhibit to maintain their eusocial life. It is implied that the Queen has a psychic link to its drones, which likely keeps them in line. But the xenomorph in the first film may have not had a Queen (if the Queen was active already, then it would have started building a nest inside the ship). The eggs were being transported, after all. The deleted scene in the first film of Brett and Dallas being turned into eggs also implies that the Xenomorph was attempting to build a new colony. So maybe, with no psychic link to control it, the Xenomorph was solely focused on its own survival, and its inhibitions were gone. The drone also rests in the escape shuttle, even preferring to stay in its spot instead of attacking Ripley. It's possible that it was attempting to begin its metamorphisis into a Queen, and wanted Ripley alive so it could use her as a host.
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The first film's Xenomorph's oddly intelligent and self-preserving behaviour may be explained by looking at eusocial insects. Like modern day ants, the xenomorph drones may all have the ability to become Queens that they inhibit to maintain their eusocial life. It is implied that the Queen has a psychic link to its drones, which likely keeps them in line. But the xenomorph in the first film may have not had a Queen (if the Queen was active already, then it would have started building a nest inside the ship). The eggs were being transported, after all. The deleted scene in the first film of Brett and Dallas being turned into eggs also implies that the Xenomorph was attempting to build a new colony. So maybe, with no psychic link to control it, the Xenomorph was solely focused on its own survival, and its inhibitions were gone. The drone also rests in the escape shuttle, even preferring to stay in its spot instead of attacking Ripley. It's possible that it was attempting to begin its metamorphisis into a Queen, and wanted Ripley alive so it could use her as a host.host.
[[WMG: The Xenomorphs Are Reality Warpers]]
A lot of the logical issues surrounding the Xenomorphs biology (as well as continuity issues with the introduction of the Engineers) can be explained by them having the ability to manipulate organic matter. The DNA-warping black fluid in ''Prometheus'' may actually be something the Engineers produce using the Xenomorphs, which also have the ability to radically warp not just their own DNA, but the DNA of other creatures. Their nests, for example, are made from a resin that the Xenomorphs excrete somehow. In a deleted scene, the drone in the first film also has the ability to turn humans ''into eggs'', which suggests that the Xenomorphs can essentially create entire colonies from just one individual, Queen or not. So why wouldn't they just do this all the time? Simple, it essentially slows down reproduction by cutting the amount of potential hosts in half, so it is only used as a means of starting colonies. This could also mean that the Queen is not always the first born Xenomorph, and that Queens are created using their DNA warping, making them unnatural in a way. The Queen is the Xenomorphs' way of creating more eggs without going through the trouble of turning potential hosts into eggs, which would also explain why the Queen can so easily detatch itself from its egg-laying organ: it is not a natural body part.
[[WMG: The Xenomorphs Are Reality Warpers]]
A lot of the logical issues surrounding the Xenomorphs biology (as well as continuity issues with the introduction of the Engineers) can be explained by them having the ability to manipulate organic matter. The DNA-warping black fluid in ''Prometheus'' may actually be something the Engineers produce using the Xenomorphs, which also have the ability to radically warp not just their own DNA, but the DNA of other creatures. Their nests, for example, are made from a resin that the Xenomorphs excrete somehow. In a deleted scene, the drone in the first film also has the ability to turn humans ''into eggs'', which suggests that the Xenomorphs can essentially create entire colonies from just one individual, Queen or not. So why wouldn't they just do this all the time? Simple, it essentially slows down reproduction by cutting the amount of potential hosts in half, so it is only used as a means of starting colonies. This could also mean that the Queen is not always the first born Xenomorph, and that Queens are created using their DNA warping, making them unnatural in a way. The Queen is the Xenomorphs' way of creating more eggs without going through the trouble of turning potential hosts into eggs, which would also explain why the Queen can so easily detatch itself from its egg-laying organ: it is not a natural body part.
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* Even better: considering what we know about Queen xenos, which is that they hold psychic links to drones and even eggs, the Queen Embryo more than likely psychically connected with the Runner, which explains how it would know that the chestburster was ready. And, the chestburster being born from a recently dead body isn't too far out of the realm of possibility when you take into account ''Film/AlienVsPredator'' did have such a thing happen.
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* Even better: considering what we know about Queen xenos, which is that they hold psychic links to drones and even eggs, the Queen Embryo more than likely psychically connected with the Runner, which explains how it would know that the chestburster was ready. And, the chestburster being born from a recently dead body isn't too far out of the realm of possibility when you take into account ''Film/AlienVsPredator'' did have such a thing happen.happen.
[[WMG: All Xenomorph Drones Can Become Queens]]
The first film's Xenomorph's oddly intelligent and self-preserving behaviour may be explained by looking at eusocial insects. Like modern day ants, the xenomorph drones may all have the ability to become Queens that they inhibit to maintain their eusocial life. It is implied that the Queen has a psychic link to its drones, which likely keeps them in line. But the xenomorph in the first film may have not had a Queen (if the Queen was active already, then it would have started building a nest inside the ship). The eggs were being transported, after all. The deleted scene in the first film of Brett and Dallas being turned into eggs also implies that the Xenomorph was attempting to build a new colony. So maybe, with no psychic link to control it, the Xenomorph was solely focused on its own survival, and its inhibitions were gone. The drone also rests in the escape shuttle, even preferring to stay in its spot instead of attacking Ripley. It's possible that it was attempting to begin its metamorphisis into a Queen, and wanted Ripley alive so it could use her as a host.
[[WMG: All Xenomorph Drones Can Become Queens]]
The first film's Xenomorph's oddly intelligent and self-preserving behaviour may be explained by looking at eusocial insects. Like modern day ants, the xenomorph drones may all have the ability to become Queens that they inhibit to maintain their eusocial life. It is implied that the Queen has a psychic link to its drones, which likely keeps them in line. But the xenomorph in the first film may have not had a Queen (if the Queen was active already, then it would have started building a nest inside the ship). The eggs were being transported, after all. The deleted scene in the first film of Brett and Dallas being turned into eggs also implies that the Xenomorph was attempting to build a new colony. So maybe, with no psychic link to control it, the Xenomorph was solely focused on its own survival, and its inhibitions were gone. The drone also rests in the escape shuttle, even preferring to stay in its spot instead of attacking Ripley. It's possible that it was attempting to begin its metamorphisis into a Queen, and wanted Ripley alive so it could use her as a host.
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* Queens are completely asexual: they ''never'' mate. Novels and comics are often contradictory and so can't be relied on (Ripley coming BackFromTheDead ''twice'' is a good example). This probably includes the scene where [[spoiler:the Newborn attempts to [[OedipusComplex rape Ripley 8]]]] in the novelization, although it ''was'' pretty sick.
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* Queens are completely asexual: they ''never'' mate. Novels and comics are often contradictory and so can't be relied on (Ripley coming BackFromTheDead ''twice'' is a good example). This probably includes the scene where [[spoiler:the Newborn attempts to [[OedipusComplex rape Ripley 8]]]] 8]] in the novelization, although it ''was'' pretty sick.
