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Xenomorphs have one weakness, and it's pointless

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Despite being called the "perfect organism", the xenomorphs from Alien have a rather crippling weakness that not only makes no sense, but also perfectly explains how their arch-rival Ellen Ripley survived when (by all accounts) she should have been torn to pieces.

In the 1986 film Aliens, fans were given a deep dive into the world of the xenomorphs, including their caste system, how they work/communicate, and how they are able to conquer any world they invade despite being a more primitive species.

The first film had none of this, as fans were simply introduced to a parasitic arachnid creature that laid a monster egg in the stomach of an unwitting human host. There was nothing but mystery surrounding this seemingly demonic monster, and its otherworldly existence only added to the horror of the film.

The second film, however, was not a horror film - it was an action/sci-fi film, so the species could be explored to its fullest. Fans learned that the xenomorphs have a queen who they take orders from, and this queen is responsible for laying the ovomorphs and looking after the hive. But not only that, the film also introduced the idea of ​​different classes of xenomorphs: Warrior and Drone. The warrior xenomorphs are the ones who attacked the colonial foot soldiers, and the drone xenomorphs are the ones who kidnap people (like Newt) and bring them back to the hive to be impregnated. While this is an interesting expansion of the xenomorph species, it also gave them one glaring weakness that has been used against them on more than one occasion.

Aliens can never sacrifice one egg for a whole hive

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In Aliens vs. Predator: War #0 by Randy Stradley and Chris Warner, the Predator team is on a mission to kidnap a xenomorph queen from an alien planet and hold her on their ship so they can force her to produce ovomorphs for the Predators and seed other worlds with xenomorph life. The Predators do this because their culture requires them to hunt xenomorphs to reach full maturity in a ritualistic rite known as the Blood Ritual.

So, these Yautja took it upon themselves to obtain another Xenomorph Queen to ensure Xenomorph dominance in the galaxy. Once they enter the hive, none of the warriors or drones attack them, and the queen herself becomes calm and obedient - all because the Predators threatened the life of her unborn brood.

Xenomorphs have an instinctive need to protect the unborn members of their horde, as it is the basis for their population growth. Unfortunately, this animal trait is devoid of logic, and many enemies of the Xenomorphs know how to use it. In this issue, since the Xenomorphs did not swarm the Predators inside their hive for fear that this would happen to some of their Ovomorphs, the Yautja were able to get away with the entire Queen and effectively end the life of that particular hive for good. If the xenomorphs were to simply pounce on the Predators at the cost of some of their eggs, the Predators would be dead and the hive would eventually recover.

The Real Reason Ripley Survived Aliens

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In the movie Aliens, Ripley found herself in a similar situation with the xenomorphs when she entered their hive with a flamethrower to save Newt. In this scene, the Xenomorph Queen appears to be telling the Xenomorphs not to attack Ripley, fearing what she will do to the Ovomorphs if they make a move. This led to Ripley killing them all with her flamethrower and then escaping with the help of the raging flames. If the xenomorphs had simply gotten together, Ripley would have been dead, and the few dead ovomorphs could have been replaced. However, as with the Predators in this Alien comic, the Xenomorphs' only weakness became their undoing.

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