Quote from: SM on Oct 10, 2012, 12:23:21 AM
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Facehugger needs an orifice to implant a chestbuster embryo. Maybe it's the same with the tail, thus being a rape ?
Thus making facehuggers redundant.
From how I understand it, the alien needs a good supply of blood and thus being near the lungs and heart, those delicious carotid arteries are the best environment. Mouth --> esophagus --> heart wall seems to be the most convenient way. However the same thing can be easily done via a uterus. I'm not sure an anus could provide the same amount of blood flow though.
All successful creatures have another way of reproducing. Looks at us, we can use our penis or we can take some DNA and mix and match it to make clones... I for one rather use my penis and it could be the same thing with the alien. They rather do it with the facehugger.
Point is how can an alien be limited in it's reproductive methods? Facehuggers is just one method I think.