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Nature & Animals influenced Alien
Added by Media Influence Map · 30 September 2026
- Insects
- Parasitism
The evidence
Dan O'Bannon modelled the creature's life cycle on parasitic wasps, which lay their eggs inside living hosts that the larvae then eat their way out of, the chestburster's biology.
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