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When a Predator removes its Biomask, one the first features the viewer will notice are the distinct mandibles overlaying the creature’s mouth.
They are comprised of four parts, which are controlled independently from one another, and have a long fang at the end of each one. They are connected on each side by a membrane of skin which act like cheeks, and allow the mouth to close shut.
When they are fully opened out, the Predator’s main mouth can be seen inside, with fleshy gums, and small, sharp teeth.
Towards the back of the mouth, is the opening to the throat, which can open and close; while not yet confirmed, behind this opening, the Predator may have additional teeth, perhaps molars, which would allow it to chew its food.
In the movie “The Predator”, both Predators in the film were seen to attack by biting; first the Fugitive bit into the arm of one of his captors during his escape, and later on, the Assassin bit the head off of a Stargazer soldier.
While we have not yet seen a Predator eat on-screen, in Predator 2, we are told that the City Hunter had been tracked entering a meat-factory, and that he was likely feeding on the Beef.
In the comic books and novelisations, this aspect is explored a bit further, and we see them eating mostly meat, but some plant-matter as well, so it would seem the Yautja are omnivorous, but lean a little bit more to the carnivourous side; this makes sense, as they have sharp teeth, so would be best suited for eating meat.
Also seen being prepared, is a brew which seems to have a similar effect to alcohol.
And, in the videogame Predator: Hunting Grounds; the player can regain their health by eating wild boars.
The mandibles are used as well to aid in communication, and by clicking their teeth together, will produce a number of vocalisations which are used alongside croaks and growls to talk among themselves.
Alongside the vocal mimicry function of the Biomask, Predators are seen to also be able to imitate noises they hear such as Human speech, much like some types of Birds can.
This was seen mostly in Predator 1, and 2, with the Jungle and City Hunter Predators replicating Human speech.
This seems to be something that later films would not have in them as much, which is a shame, as I think it’s an interesting thing that they did, and to my recollection, they don’t even do it at all in the last couple of movies, but I think I would like to see this concept reintroduced in a future film.

Depending on the individual, or which subspecies they belong to, they may also be differently-shaped, and have additional tusks and fangs coming out of them.
In Predator 1, and AVP, the Predators were seen to have the more common type of mandibles, but in Predator 2 and AVPR, these were seen with more tusks coming from the bottom mandibles.
In Predators, the Super Predator was seen to have really large mandibles, which opened laterally, and looked more insect-like, resembling the jaws of a beetle.
And in Prey, the Feral Predator had its own style of mandibles, which were spaced far apart, and opened very wide, in a vertical fashion.
If a mandible is lost, it will not grow back, and it is gone forever.
A distinctive trait from the Yautja present in the PredAlien Xenomorph type are the mandibles, and they are seen in every depiction of the creature.
In the movie AVPR, they were used to latch onto a hosts face much like a Facehugger.
And when infected with the Black Goo pathogen, a Predator was seen to grow eight additional mandibles as part of its mutation.
An often-cited piece of trivia is that, while Stan Winston is credited with the overall Predator creature design, it was actually James Cameron who gave him the idea to include the mandibles, as during a conversation, he told Stan Winston that he’d always wanted to see a creature design that featured them.

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