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MemberOvomorphSep-05-2012 10:31 AMThis must seem like a very random question but jokes aside really what do xenomorphs eat? To me the appear carnivorous because lets see...they have sharp nails, fangs, a inner mouth(with sharp teeth), and a spear tail. However most every time they kill they never even nibble on the bodies. Although maybe they only eat organisms native to their home planet,if they have a home planet. The only time i ever seen one do anything to a human, was after the human was dead in Alien 3. Another theory i have (though i think it is unlikely) is that maybe some how they provide their own energy, maybe they soak it in their skin or something. thank you for your responses.
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dopelganger
MemberOvomorphSep-05-2012 10:34 AMWhat ever is on the menu at the time.
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AdminPraetorianSep-05-2012 10:41 AMA lot of discussion over this subject has happened on the site, here are a few links that might help you get your answer. If ever you need to find something try the search function up top. :)
From what I understand they eat anything and everything. There is a scene in the Alien novel where Ripley finds a locker that the Xeno broke into, apparently it ingested everything from snack cakes to batteries. O_o
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Necronom 4
MemberNeomorphSep-05-2012 11:54 AMWell i don't know about the Necronom in Alien but the Xenomorphlol in Aliens, is a giant alien bug. So it probably eats other bugs or rotten meat.
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Necronom 4
MemberNeomorphSep-05-2012 1:47 PMOr maybe, with them being bio-mechanical, they are more like androids so they don't need to eat?
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Ruhaniya
Veteran MemberMemberOvomorphSep-05-2012 7:22 PMI would say they could probably eat about anything especially pulse rifle rounds
shambs
MemberOvomorphSep-05-2012 7:48 PMAll I know is that they don't eat cats...mmm...that's weird, maybe there's something sinister there o.o
shambs
MemberOvomorphSep-05-2012 9:55 PMmaybe they work in the juggernaut factory
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Custodian
MemberOvomorphSep-06-2012 5:44 AMnot 'what do xenomorphs eat' I think this is a redundant question
but HOW THEY EAT might be more relevant, and if I was a 'xenomorph' that might not be a fixed form entity, I'd eat like bacteria eat.
And this is what Giger saw in his visions, TOTAL BODILY INGESTION.
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Feebs
MemberOvomorphSep-06-2012 6:33 AMWell in Alien 3 one f the prisoners caught xenomorph 'munching' another prisoner and in the canon AVP:R xenomorph ate Mollys dad so they do like human flesh. . .
Map made good point that cats and so on animals (in Aliens there was a hamster in a cage) don't interest them at all.
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Lone
MemberPraetorianSep-06-2012 7:54 AMI'd think they would inherit some of the host species 'tastes'.
For example, a chestburster from NCC would love beer, one from Freeze or Cypher would love BACON or they may just love Waffles as Map said!
"Let The Cosmic Incubation Begin" ~ H.R. Giger
Feebs
MemberOvomorphSep-06-2012 8:04 AMLol. Wonder what would they like if bursted ? ? ?
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maganaj16
MemberOvomorphSep-06-2012 8:14 AMSo basically its been established that xenomorphs are like trash can sharks they eat whatever they get a hold off. And the taste of a xenomorph varies from creature to creature. Map did indeed make a good observation in the movies i always wondered why the Alien left Jones alive? Why not kill the cat? Thank you for answering my questions.
NoXWord
MemberOvomorphSep-06-2012 8:27 AMListen to the scientist:
[b]Anything and everything.[/b]
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MemberOvomorphSep-20-2012 2:29 AMI always thought they might not eat, that maybe they are born with enough nutrients for their lifespan, which seemed to be short. I think their mouths are made purely for killing. I always felt the scene of it eating, in Alien 3, was a huge mistake. Killing out of a need to eat might make it seem too sympathetic, I like the idea that it has nothing to do with hunger, just the inability to tolerate other species.
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