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[QUOTE]Originally posted by thoughtcriminal84: [QB] I've never seen any kind of chemical eat through metal like the xeno's blood. This alone seems to suggest that the alien is a synthetic being created for combat. It could be argued that the vitriolic blood is some sort of incredible defensive adaptation, a protection against even stronger predators...This has been dancing in my head for awhile, but I have to say that I doubt it. The alien is obviously a socially organized creature. Social animals don't tend to have the powerful defensive adaptations that the loners do. Society takes care of things. Any being strong enough to take on a pack (hmmm...what's the plural form for the aliens? I guess pack will do, but it could be something else) of xenos is one hell of a tough bastard whether they have the demon blood or not. I don't think the blood would be so potent in such a scenario, although i could easily be wrong. perhaps the alien was once a more solitary creature, and then after some sort of genetic tinkering it learned society and organization. The battery idea is interesting. The amount of electrical power necessary to animate something that size is pretty staggering biologically, but we are talking about THEM. Everything is staggering. If it weren't, we wouldn't be talking about it, right? Do you think that the feedings we've been shown in the movie would be adequate to fuel such an electrical beast? This might explain the blood...perhaps it's not blood at all, but a body wide digestive (or both). The digestive would be capable of breaking down damn near anything for energy conversion. Probably doesn't use anything akin to ATP for cellular energy, no way that would hold up in such caustic environs. Maybe some kind of molecular acid (heh), or even nano technology? Breaks down nutrients to raw chemical strength and then shuttles it around the body? Interesting to calculate how much calories you could get from a few pounds of human meat. See if it would be enough to feasibly support the intense locomotion we've seen from the xeno. God, i am such a nerd, suggesting that. [IMG]http://flare.solareclipse.net/smile.gif[/IMG] Oddly enough, You really could write a serious paper on this, because it presents several interesting problems in various fields of study. I keep stopping as I write to mull things over, rejecting theories before I type them. I see a flaw in some aspect of it, or an advantage to another...intriguing prospect. The website mentioned above though...now THAT guy has some time on his hands. wonderful site, regardless. amongst the best sci-fi sites i've seen. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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