What do headcrabs eat Created 19 years ago2005-08-13 10:23:40 UTC by SpaG SpaG

Created 19 years ago2005-08-13 10:23:40 UTC by SpaG SpaG

Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 10:23:40 UTC Post #127414
Yesterday when i was going to bed i thought waht do headcrabs eat? I know that they jump on people's faces and bits then so they get the venom and start to mutate, but that's not the point. I mean when they are born in xen those transperant little headcrabs. What do they eat? Xen fungus? :D And when they grow up and get normal headcrabs what do thjey do then? What diod they eat before the portal storm started? They were starving?
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 10:24:45 UTC Post #127415
Leeches and smaller insects.

Wow, I can edit.
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 10:24:58 UTC Post #127416
they eat SpaG-hetti bolognaise
Archie ArchieGoodbye Moonmen
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 11:03:27 UTC Post #127424
They probably take nutrients from their host

Until Later...
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 11:11:42 UTC Post #127427
but if the portal storm would have never started? What's the use of their species.
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 11:23:11 UTC Post #127433
maybe they eat leeches

EDIT: Sorry zombieloffe, didn't see ur post
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 12:02:42 UTC Post #127444
Maybe this is one of those stupid questions that should/will never be answered.
Luke LukeLuke
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 12:13:55 UTC Post #127450
They problebly made hosts of the alien slaves... That is before the combined attacked xen... Becose then they became weapons... many three dots... :)
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 12:22:26 UTC Post #127454
yeah maybe.
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 12:29:23 UTC Post #127455
Luke, this isn't a stupid question

quite possible Red
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 14:03:34 UTC Post #127471
Well in opfor they added those little spores that the baby shocktroppers eat and the things that create them usally are on tons of green stuff! :cyclops:
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 14:06:00 UTC Post #127472
Opposing force is third party game? Because if it is then this food doesn't count :|. Or does it?
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 14:09:49 UTC Post #127475
Bullsquids attack Headcrabs so maybe Headcrabs jump on Bullsquids and eat them like a snake eats an elephant.
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Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 14:12:09 UTC Post #127476
nice theory habboi. :biggrin:
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 14:48:40 UTC Post #127478
In opfor you're shepered a soilder that comes to kill freeman! Well...after that freeman entered xen a new race of alians entered earth through the portal that was created to teleport freeman to xen! These are called the X-species or something like that. So those species also count! :cyclops:
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 15:09:51 UTC Post #127485
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-13 16:51:26 UTC Post #127504
Opposing Force - teh GearBox Software
I never liked the whole plot of OpFor... It has good gameplay, but the plot is... D:
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-15 17:35:25 UTC Post #127816
Not being an expert in the biology of made up aliens but I would assume that, as a parasite they don't feed on anything, rather they simply live off a host. If they don't find one, they die within a few days.

I'd guess watching the Alien films (well ok, I won't make you watch anything after Alien 2, since they were crap) would give you a nice fictional idea to set your worried mind at ease; since facehuggers were obviously the main "influence*"

*pronounced "blatent ripoff changed just enough to avoid a lawsuit".
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-15 17:39:09 UTC Post #127817
@Mephs - Lmao!

And yeh, Alien and Aliens where wicked, the other 2 sucked majorly, especially Alien resurrection, that was painful.

I agree with Mephs, it is a parasite, so it will live off the host.
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 05:41:54 UTC Post #127880
I mean when they are born in xen those transperant little headcrabs.
Why does everybody thinks headcrabs and big mommas are the same createre! :tired: No one said it in the game and in the fgd they called them baby headcrabs cause they are babies,small and look a little bit like headcrabs. :| But the big momma spawns them and they look exactly like her!
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 05:56:43 UTC Post #127883
Why does everybody thinks headcrabs and big mommas are the same createre!
Erm...Elon its kinda obvious that they are the same race. I have my theorys on the entire xen thing and its races but it's a little long to write out
38_98 38_98Lord
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 06:26:01 UTC Post #127894
No it's not! :lol: They don't look the same and it doesn't look like that after the headcrab was turned into a zombie it can leave the body it looks like it's perment! :tired:
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 06:35:13 UTC Post #127898
What?
Big Momma and Headcrabs have to be the same race, it spawns 'Baby Headcrabs' for gods sake!
It vaguely resembles a headcrab in some ways also.

C'mon!
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 06:45:51 UTC Post #127903
Only the lags look almost the same but if they where the same race then what heppened to all the grown up headcrabs on earth and why didn't you see anyone? :aggrieved:
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 07:03:35 UTC Post #127910
okay, baby headcrabs grow up to become big mommas, unless male in which case they lose the sack. If you want i can show you what i mean through imagery

You honestly think big momma isnt connected with headcrabs? And why would a creature from a different 'race' spawn another from a different 'race' do you see why such accusations are silly? You talking about some kind of cross-breeding during evolution (and yes, i am boring enough to become technical)

EDIT:Just because they dont look the same doesnt mean they arent the same
38_98 38_98Lord
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 07:08:53 UTC Post #127913
And it doesn't mean if they have the almost the same name they are the same race! :lol: And why can't they be both male and female? :cyclops: Like snales. :o
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 07:13:11 UTC Post #127914
Elon it seems you dont get what G_KID and i have told you. Let me gets some images up from model viewer and show you why they are the same race (and by the looks of it you obviously didnt read much of my post if any of it)
Only the lags look almost the same but if they where the same race then what heppened to all the grown up headcrabs on earth and why didn't you see anyone?
they nuked Black mesa so i dont think any headcrabs would've gotten far enough to escape the blast radius, not only that but im sure the military would've made sure of aliens in the desert

Oh forget the images model viewer isnt working for me...But look at the headcrab race (big momma, baby headcrabs and headcrab models) and then can you honestly tell me there is no resembling factor
38_98 38_98Lord
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 07:19:34 UTC Post #127916
If they nuked it Hl1 would be much shorter! :lol: And I read and saw the model but I still don't agree with you. :biggrin:
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 07:22:34 UTC Post #127917
If you look at the official opposing force website you'll see that Black Mesa was nuked long after freeman left it, duh. (and its on many 'storyline' websites) Elon, its way too obvious that they are all related with each other. Mabye its because the legs on a baby headcrab are like that of a male headcrab? If its female (according to my theory) its legs would probably shortened down during growth.

If you still dont understand then why dont you show me your evidence that 'big momma' has no relations to the headcrabs at all.
38_98 38_98Lord
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 07:29:06 UTC Post #127919
I bet headcrabs eats brain..
:nuts:
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Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 08:07:40 UTC Post #127925
I bet headcrabs eats brain..
that would explain why my brain is missing
38_98 38_98Lord
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 11:09:35 UTC Post #127971
Dude, why do you think they are different races?, it is very obvious, I mean look at it, it spawns baby headcrabs.

The only thing I can see that you have come up with is that it looks a bit different, and so? Queen bee's look different from worker bee's, but their still the same species.
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 11:13:22 UTC Post #127972
Hey I know that and you are talking to an expert on insects and queen bees don't look so diffrent from the worker! :P But termite queens do so they are a better example! :glad: Ok you made your point! :) But isn't it stupid to think of theories like that? :quizzical: It's only a game. :cyclops:
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 11:16:49 UTC Post #127973
See, now you are just getting defensive because you lost. :roll:
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 11:20:21 UTC Post #127974
I know that! :lol:
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 13:29:20 UTC Post #127988
Cut it out with the smilies already!
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 13:40:58 UTC Post #127992
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 13:57:28 UTC Post #127997
I think its some more sorts of headcrabs or rather more stages. One when the hosts body is falling apart. Becos they cant last forever. Then they leve the host and finds a bigger one(possible an other race) for exampel the original spieces behind the alien grunt. And that problably contiues until they host an gargantua. After that they becomes Big momma... But during HL1 its possible that many of the needed species are killed for making sure it dosent become more then needed big mommas. I also think that the big mommas now are made in a lab.

There are still some flaws in this theori, just so you know...
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 14:29:05 UTC Post #128000
In opfor they said that the zombies turn into genomes! :nuts:
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 17:54:48 UTC Post #128025
Video games don't eat
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 18:11:52 UTC Post #128030
Yeh they do.

I've witnessed it with my very own eyes.

They come out at night, lurking across the carpet, seeking out car keys and tv remotes, and then just as they see one, the inch closer...and closer...until.....SNAP.
They swallow it whole.

That is why you can never find your bastard car keys or tv remote.
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-16 20:48:36 UTC Post #128037
But what about fecal matter? When was the last time you saw a headcrab shit? There are some places where they're all over, but do they ever shit?

I don't think they're potty-trained.
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Posted 19 years ago2005-08-17 03:36:07 UTC Post #128057
Well I don't think we really want that layer of depth in a video game. :P
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-17 03:37:52 UTC Post #128058
You can make a pile of shit using one of those dirt textures from Half-life.wad :cool:
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-17 03:39:13 UTC Post #128059
How...creative, and well worth the time you have put into thinking of that. :roll: :confused:
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-17 03:44:11 UTC Post #128061
I think that they eat those plantlight things or fungus... Or.... They eat.... WATERMELLONS! :aggrieved: :lol:
Daubster DaubsterVault Dweller
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-17 03:45:05 UTC Post #128062
lol

Well, about headcrab's shitting, when male headcrab's take a host their host probably does the shitting for them :aghast:
38_98 38_98Lord
Posted 19 years ago2005-08-17 05:25:05 UTC Post #128079
Probabley They Do What they do in alien.Eat cats , after hosting spawn a M.Headcrab in the stomach , when the hosting is complete , mr.headcrab pops out of the mouth and Zombies Then go and eat Zombieloffe :glad:
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Posted 19 years ago2005-08-17 05:29:07 UTC Post #128080
Umm , about The Headcrab Shiza , Hmm , They probably crap in machines or pipes.Or they Probably don't crap and EAT their crap , Then after 78 after not crapping in xen , They Die , and turn into fungus eh? :D
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Posted 19 years ago2005-08-17 05:33:15 UTC Post #128081
Umm , about The Headcrab Shiza , Hmm , They probably crap in machines or pipes.
that's why those machines in hl explodes so much...
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