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Post #123,641
by deSitter
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11/1/03 11:15:06 AM
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New The Real Alien
Pepsis formosa, the "tarantula hawk", New Mexico's state insect mascot:

[link|http://144.90.137.57/~bfiero/tucsonecology/animals/arth_taha.htm|http://144.90.137.57...als/arth_taha.htm]

Lays its eggs in a live tarantula, with predictable cinematic results.

I could never decide if the idea for Alien derived from this wasp, or as an idea of viral life on a large scale.
-drl
Post #124,496
by dmcarls
11/6/03 1:43:20 PM
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New Re: The Real Alien
Pretty good book I read a few years ago:

[link|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/074320011X/002-5411332-8043209?v=glance|http://www.amazon.co...-8043209?v=glance]


(It's about parasites)
     Alien .. Director's Cut - (Ashton) - (2) - Nov. 1, 2003, 05:11:11 AM EST
         The Real Alien - (deSitter) - (1) - Nov. 1, 2003, 11:15:06 AM EST
             Re: The Real Alien - (dmcarls) - Nov. 6, 2003, 01:43:20 PM EST

Almost never.
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