“Alien: Earth”: This is what Alien’s creature looks most in nature

It has been almost half a century that he makes us scream, even if in space ” No one hears us ». The XénomorpheXénomorphe of the saga Alien again returns this year on screens with the new series Alien : Earthwhich depicts events taking place a few years before the 1979 original film by Ridley Scott.

Ferocious beast from the macabre imagination of Hr Giger, the xenomorph is a kind of parasiteparasite au skullskull Lying whose different stages of evolution are revealed to us as the saga progresses.

And if this enemy has become one of the symbols of science fiction, Italian researchers had fun understanding it like a real animal. They publish the results of their study in the journal Journal of Geek Studies.

At first, they were interested in the taxonomytaxonomy specimen to determine which speciesspecies It may well belong. Normally, this is done with a sample ADNADNwhich is rather delicate for a fictitious creature. It was therefore necessary to focus on the indices at our disposal.

Very clearly identified as an animal, the xenomorph shares characteristics with the chélicèreschélicèresthe family including arachnidsarachnidsAnd several marine animals such as the Limules. Like them, he has a exoskeletonexoskeletona segmented body, andhemolymphhemolympha liquid playing the role of blood.

On the other hand, if the monster can be related to these animals, it has unique characteristics, especially in terms of its evolution, which distinguishes it and which requires the creation of a new taxonomic category. What the authors simply name ” Xenomorphus extraterrestris ».

Immortal and parasitic

Beyond that, the xenomorph can also be considered an organism extremeextreme. Capable of withstanding the space vacuum or the furnace, it is resistant to bullets or flame spears. Its ability to résistancerésistance Linked to its thick shell also brings him closer to the cockroaches, particularly difficult to kill.

In addition, it has a whole arsenal of predator, whether it is its sharpened senses, its acidic blood or its sharp jaws. Moreover, the authors point out that since its pliers or fangs are transparenttransparentthey could contain venomvenomas some spidersspiders. But it also shares the typical interior jaw of a completely different species: the molarne, which tends to muddy the tracks.

Overall, the xenomorph still remains fairly close to the Chélicères family. But the authors also note his behavior as a parasite, visible in several films of the franchise, where it happens to develop in the body of a human, even a chienchien. It recalls a funny manner of the emerald wasp, magnificent INSECTINSECT Bluish living in Asia and Africa, which lays its eggs in a living cockroach. During growth, the behavior of the host is affected, which also recalls certain scenes ofAlien : Covenant.

These examples show that the xenomorph, if it has a whole set of characteristics which seem unreal, is in fact relatively close to what is in nature on earth. Until you come across a real one day?