Alien Plausibility Review - The Alien Franchise Xenomorph
2,714In this Trekspertise episode, we begin a new tradition of looking at the plausibility of fictional aliens. Welcome to the Alien Plausibility Review. Our first victim - the Alien Franchise. Enjoy =)
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Video
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, 1982
Star Trek, 2009
The Fifth Element, 1997
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982
Lilo & Stitch, 2002
Blink, Doctor Who, 2007
Orbital Footage from ISS, NASA, 2014
Aliens, 1986
Alien Resurrection, 1997
“Plants”, Life, BBC 2009
Animated Space Shuttle Launch by Video Author, 2014
“Mammals”, Life, BBC 2009
“Primates”, Life, BBC 2009
“Home Soil”, TNG, 1988
“Birds”, Life, BBC, 2009
Men In Black II, 2002
Alien 3, 1992
Phidippus carolinensis Jumping Spider Being Cute, Torn80cj YouTube Channel:
http://bit.ly/1G7eST8, 2011
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug footage taken by Video Author, 2015
“Hunters and Hunted”, Life, BBC 2009
Microcosmos, 1996
Alien, 1979
Hydrochloric Acid reacting With Aluminum, SimplyChem YouTube Channel, 2013 (http://bit.ly/1eYNqNr)
Incredible Footage of BBC Cameraman and Hungry Polar Bear, SWNS TV YouTube Channel, 2013: http://bit.ly/1AN7oER
Ant footage taken by Video Author, 2015
Man of Steel, 2013
Images
Containers With Colored Liquid, www.stmodans.co.uk
Steamed Lobster, taken & uploaded by Imjustmatthew, 2010
Two Eastern Lubber Grasshoppers, taken & uploaded by www.birdphotos.com, 2007
Epipedobates tricolor close, taken & uploaded by LiquidGhoul, 2006
Coccinella magnifica, taken & uploaded by Gilles San martin
Ixodes scapularis, taken & uploaded by Jim Gathany, 2004
Taenia solium tapeworm scolex, uploaded by Patho, 2006
Eastern Mistletoe, taken & uploaded by David R. Tribble, 2009
NASA 2012 Blue Marble Composite
Rafflesia arnoldii and buds, taken & uploaded by Raphaelhui, 2005
Rafflesia Arnoldii Cycle, illustrated & uploaded by Dakuhippo (M. Singh), 2011
Children Examining a Booming Monster Flower, Kids Encyclopedia Britannica, 2015
Vespula austriaca, taken & uploaded by Magne Flåten, 2009
Asian Koel, taken & uploaded by Challiyan, 2008
Trombicula, taken & uploaded by Alan R. Walker 2006
Male Human Head Louse, taken & uploaded by Gilles San Martin, 2010
Schistosoma masoni, taken & uploaded by Waisburg, 2006
Cymothoa exigua parassita Lithognathus mormyrus, taken & uploaded by Marco Vinci 2013
European Union Chemical warning labels, European Chemicals Agency
Ant image taken by Video Author, 2015
Apis mellifera Tanzania, taken & uploaded by Muhammed Mahdi Karim, 2009
Naked Mole Rat, taken & uploaded by Roman Klementschitz, 2003
Dr. Edward O. Wilson the great biologist, taken & uploaded by Jim Harrison, 2003 - If you are interested in Eusociality, then read “The Social Conquest Of Earth”, by Dr. Wilson.
Worker Termite, taken & uploaded by Althepal, 2007
Vespula vulgaris Portrait, taken & uploaded by Tim Evison, 2007
Music
Lagos 2030 AD
Otis McDonald
YouTube Audio Library
West Coast Trip
Gunnar Olsen
YouTube Audio Library
Cielo
Huma-Huma
YouTube Audio Library
Websites / Sources
Calcified exoskeleton evolution - http://bit.ly/1INxJFt
Xenomorph physical form, including HGT abilities - http://bit.ly/1TgjDj5
Eusociality - http://bit.ly/1Iz7BLu
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