dk
MemberTrilobiteJan-29-2017 10:55 PMKane was facehugged in an environment that was inhospitable to humans, yet the face hugger sustained oxygen/air to him while on the planet's surface. This makes me wonder a bit how the face hugger converted whatever was in the atmosphere into oxygen/air for a human. Sort of how fish lungs can get oxygen from water. Any ideas? I don't think there is a right or wrong but speculation is always interesting.
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MemberPraetorianJan-29-2017 11:28 PMI'd say it cuts of any intake of air from the outside.I think it would take in the carbon dioxide we breathe,filter it out,the breathe the oxygen back in.
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dk
MemberTrilobiteJan-29-2017 11:33 PMBut ultimately, the brain and vital organs require oxygen. I wonder how the face hugger could provide that in the that environment.
ninXeno426
MemberPraetorianJan-29-2017 11:38 PMThis is a tough one.
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Myrddin365
MemberFacehuggerJan-30-2017 3:57 AMHowever they do it, that makes them look designed or specifically adapted for humans. It clearly needed Kane to survive until the birth, and once it jumped on, it only had about 2-3 minutes to figure out what he needs to breath. To me, this makes it more likely that it already "knew." Especially since the facehugger doesn't seem to have a high functioning nervous system.
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Id
MemberOvomorphJan-30-2017 8:27 AMclearly twas the power of the love the facehugger felt for its new ladyfriend kane.......forget it not children! love conquers all! also these ARE magic beasts we are talkin here......they will remain magical until we turn them over to the damn company for study! have fun stumbling around in the dark OVER CONCERNS REGARDING HUMANITYS SAFETY!!! maybe one day we'll get someone with some sense who will study the xenos WITHOUT putting them in metal cages with 2 other xenos!
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MemberPraetorianJan-30-2017 5:47 PMI get the atmosphere processor part but how?
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dk
MemberTrilobiteJan-30-2017 5:49 PMI think they somehow convert the noxious atmosphere into oxygen somehow.
ninXeno426
MemberPraetorianJan-30-2017 5:53 PMSome sort of lungs perhaps?
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dk
MemberTrilobiteJan-30-2017 6:08 PMExactly. I tried to sate that in the OP but seem to have failed.
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MemberPraetorianJan-30-2017 6:40 PMI checked out facehuggers on a wikia and it says nothing about this.
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S.M
MemberXenomorphJan-30-2017 7:33 PMI wouldn't rely on Alien wikis, personally.
"I think they somehow convert the noxious atmosphere into oxygen somehow."
Yeah, more or less. I can't imagine it could naturally store enough O2 to continue breathing for him, so the other option is it processes the ambient atmosphere into something breathable.
Good thing they got him back to the ship before it dropped off.
Myrddin365
MemberFacehuggerJan-30-2017 7:36 PM@S.M. technically, not really very fortunate... ;)
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S.M
MemberXenomorphJan-30-2017 7:37 PMTrue. Not sure if chestbursting or asphyxiation would be worse...
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MemberPraetorianJan-30-2017 10:32 PMI often find wiki's trustworthy.
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ninXeno426
MemberPraetorianJan-30-2017 10:44 PMI vote neither,but with a chestburster you go out in a way no one will forget lol.
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ali81
MemberNeomorphJan-30-2017 11:21 PM1 of 2 possibilities
1:the xeno and obviously face hugger r an ancient species and have evolved, due to theyr millennia long history with the engineer, to provide the required oxygen the engineers need to breath when they r hugged. with the engineers having created us they know already the hugger is compatible and able to sustain us during impregnation.
2:much the same backstory but if the engineers have created the xeno/ hugger as a bio weapon in some civil war then, again, the hugger would have been engineered for fellow engineers physiology which makes them compatible with humans.
ninXeno426
MemberPraetorianJan-30-2017 11:26 PMGreat theories ali81.
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