How does predator kill

A Predator also travelled to earth in to clean up a Xenomorph outbreak in Gunnison, Colorado resulting from a failed Hunt in Antarctica earlier in the year.

Throughout history, Predators have also abducted humans from Earth for staged Hunts on at least one game preserve planet that they control in an undefined region of space. This particular means of hunting prey seems to be utilized primarily by the Super Predators. Several sources, particularly the novels written by S. Perry , have painted Predators in a supremacist light when it comes to other species. According to Prey , Yautja depict humans as a sort of "boogieman" and in War , there is a clear discrimination against Machiko Noguchi even though she is a Blooded hunter who's slain a Queen.

Machiko herself describes them as Xenophobic [38] and bigoted. Yautja generally don't interact with other intelligent species outside of hunting purposes, and even then there are strict rules on how to go about doing this. However, some Predators have shown willingness to work with humans without much hesitance. Scar was one such hunter, deciding to escape the underground pyramid together with Lex Woods. Big Mama and Caryn Delacroix worked together to defeat several enemies in Aliens vs.

Predator: Deadliest of the Species. This may indicate Xenophobia isn't common to all Clans , just some or most. Despite being significantly smaller and weaker than them, all wise Yautja consider certain humans to be dangerous game.

Humans seem to be the basis of scary stories told to youngsters, with at least one Un-Blooded, Gkyaun , growing up frightened of the species; his eventual encounter with humans was rather anticlimactic, as he was shocked at their feebleness.

It is likely that views on humans vary from clan to clan, though it is seemingly unanimous that they are considered worthy game and a formidable threat, in spite of their perceived inferiority. Yautja are generally not physically attracted to humans, to the point a naked human female would not even arouse a young male unblooded.

That reaction, however, could be credited to their mutual hatred of one another. The Chopper Predator was fascinated with humans [41] , particularly their self-destructive nature.

This, however, is rather odd, as Yautja themselves can be fairly self-destructive when it comes to restoring lost honor. According to The Predator , at least one clan of Yautja find humanity worthy enough to splice them with their own DNA.

This is at odds with other established canon; for instance, Hunter Borgia was a human made Yautja-Human hybrid that was put to death by Scarface. The Isolated Clan viewed humans as a strange mixture of students, servants, and cattle, teaching them to build pyramids but also sacrificing them so that their Blooding ritual could commence. They also felt nothing of wiping out an entire civilization over night if they failed in defeated the Xenomorphs spawned.

Generations later, little has changed. The crew that went exploring in Antarctica were lured there to be host to the Yautja so that they could hunt. However, Scar later teamed up with and marked Lex Woods as a Blooded hunter equal to himself before dying. While the maximum lifespan of a Predator is unknown, the species has been known to live for hundreds to thousands of years.

It has been implied that one or two centuries is considered young for the species, with relative adolescents of the species not even going on their first Xenomorph hunt before they attain an age of few centuries. Most, however, do not reach senescence due to the rigors of their dangerous and semi-nomadic lifestyle. Some Predators, referred to as "Hish", have been known to possess a gland located between their neck and collarbone which secretes powerful hormones into their bloodstream and which drives them to hyper-aggression.

When this gland is over-stimulated, it sends the creatures into a frenzied rage, causing them to attempt killing any living thing in sight, including members of their own species. This "kill rage" can be contagious and spread from one Predator to another, driving them all to attack each other. These Predators barely survived the wars provoked by their kill glands, and they have learned to control the gland's secretions with artificial hormone regulators.

Some Predator females called "Brooders" in the Hish tongue [42] have been known to be larger and stronger than males along with having spikes on the elbows and back in some cases, Hashori being one such female. Male predators have comparable anatomy to a male human, or at least both are phallic and designed for penetration. All Yautja onscreen and most of them in the expanded universe have been male, but Vagouti and Wendigo are two more examples of female Predators.

There may be variants between clans and Predator sub-species, as the clans do not often interact with each other. Some clans might have females that are larger and stronger than the males and in other clans, the opposite may be true.

Both genders give off a strong musk to signify aggression, while females can also emit it when in estrus. The musk encourages males to attempt to mate with the females. Among males, to claim a male is emitting this musk is a derisive insult. This musk can be detected by other Predators and canids, though it is imperceptible to humans.

There are apparent behavioral differences between male and female Yautja as well. Females are never explored, but young males are known to be impulsive, violent, and overzealous in their need to prove themselves often to the annoyance of their assigned teacher. Dachande, a Leader Yautja, was able to determine Machiko Noguchi was a female based on her behavior alone, commenting that the males of his and any species tended to be rather unwise in comparison to the females.

This, among other things, is what led him to correctly deduce that Machiko was a female human. The Hish are unique to the Yautja in that their sexes are fluid. An individual randomly and unwillingly shifts back and forth between "receptive" and "generative" breeder anatomy, although they may psychologically identify with one of the two and resent being the other when it's time to shift it is important to note that the following information is canonically questioned.

Female Hish, much like avians and reptiles, are more colorful than the males, with mottled purple around the jaw and colored banding on the dreadlocks. They also possess a roundness that males lack and that none but other Hish would find easy to spot. How Yautja procreate is never explained in detail, however, their anatomy implies a process not too different from most earth mammals.

The length of a Yautja's dreadlocks plays a role in how physically appealing they are to one another, males in particular; short tresses are considered unattractive. Unlike Humans , Yautja have a breeding season, in which the females go into estrus and select the strongest and bravest males to sire their pups.

Females do not generally pay any attention to youngbloods or unblooded. It is only when a male reaches Blooded status and has worthy kills to his name that a female desires to share his company, particularly if he has performed feats of exceptional bravery or skill.

Such males never lack for female attention. Nat'ka'pu , a Leader , is said to have many wives, which suggest Yautja are a polygamous species and that a famous enough male may have access to his own personal harem which he can add to by impressing yet more females, as Nat'Ka'pu thinks winning human trophies will earn him more "conquests". This is further confirmed by the apparent existence of a Widow Clan , made up of female Yautja who have lost their mates.

According to Dachande , a "Yautja did what a Yautja had to do" to bolster his line, indicating that aside from attaining glory and honor, continuing one's bloodline is another imperative of the species. It even appears that the Hunt and mating and intermingled, with mates and offspring being one of the top motivations for Hunters and Glory being the other. Some Hunters have made names for themselves regarding breeding and the genetic pools just as some have made names for themselves as Hunters.

The amount of pups born per pregnancy is never revealed, however it isn't uncommon for particularly esteemed hunters to have 70 or 80 offspring and siring around is especially exceptional. Yautja are polygamous breeders and have never been known to stay with a single mate. Yautja are known to practice a form of Eugenics and Elder Predators can deem some males unsuitable for breeding, to the point of even removing their gonads to make them impotent.

Reproduction is pleasurable for both males and females, though potentially dangerous for the males. Dachande recalls being tossed across the room accidentally during one session with a recent breeding partner.

He also aimed to leave behind a legion of offspring before his death, reflecting a common reproductive goal in male's of the species to leave behind as many offspring as possible. Yautja culture revolves around the Hunt. They do not hunt to eliminate threats or for food at least this is not the main reason but for honor, sport and the thrill of the hunt. Male Predators also Hunt to gain access to females, who will otherwise ignore them, meaning that male cannot continue his bloodline.

To Yautja, no hunt meant no will to live. Yautja mark themselves with the blood of their kill. The symbol varies with each clan, but so far the most widely known symbol is of the Thunderbolt. This is symbol of the unnamed Warrior God worshiped by some, possibly all Yautja. Combat between Yautja is generally not permitted as the focus of their species is to kill and hunt other life forms. Certain Predator clans have been known to take unorthodox approaches such as accepting humans into their clans.

Inter-clan rivalries and internal mutinies have also been known to happen, and the Predator culture has not always been witnessed as being totally uniform. Rarely, some Predators have been known to kill or attempt to kill unarmed men, women and children, often in dishonorable ways such as ambushes or shooting their quarry in the back.

Note however these may be renegade clans or more likely, Killers or Bad Bloods see Castes. It is the opinion of Machiko Noguchi , a human female accepted into a Predator clan, that the Predators were responsible for the spread of Xenomorphs throughout the galaxy. The Predators themselves deny this, though, stating that the Aliens' large interplanetary distribution is due to simultaneous convergent evolution.

Speculation has it that the Engineers and Yautja may have been adversaries. It is also speculated that the Xenomorphs may have been an Engineer weapon against the Yaujta. The Predators are polytheistic, and their equivalent of the Grim Reaper is the so-called "Black Warrior", who is seen as an eternal adversary who eventually wins all battles.

They are also called "The Conquering Warrior". They also believe in a Warrior god who can wield bolts of lightning and those who honor him mark themselves and their helmets with thunderbolts. This god has no name and is simply referred to as a "warrior god" and an "extraterrestrial odin". According to some reports, Yautja motivations for hunting are not just for sport, but rather for honor, with the species having developed a whole tribal culture around their status at the top of the food chain, as the ultimate Predator.

Their code of honor dictates what makes a worthy adversary, and thus will make a Predator or clan more respected. Yautja clans have been known to be governed by a Council of Ancients , which consist of the oldest of the race. Their word is considered law and they ensure that the many clans follow the law. Inter-clan warfare is watched over by the Ancients and they decide matters such as which planet is considered a clan's hunting ground.

AvP: Extinction For example, a high born Yautja was encountered by the Iron Bear mercenary Vassili Rykov who believed the hunter to be a " Prince " among his race which suggests a possible royalty among their species. AVP Initially, the Predator that was to appear on screen in the film Predator was a very different creature.

While it was always described as humanoid, its appearance otherwise changed quite drastically as the script for the first film developed — one early draft states that the Predator had a "strikingly human-like face" and "smooth, hairless, nearly translucent skin", beneath which "a delicate network of veins and vessels can be seen, pulsing rapidly with pale green blood".

The first practical Predator built for the production was created by a team from Boss Studios, led by Steve Johnson who also provided some of the gore effects in the movie. Its skin was covered in complex and bizarre textures, and the suit was fitted with 12" leg extensions to give the creature backwards bending satyr-legs, designed to disguise the fact it was a man in a suit. However, from the very beginning there were problems with the suit — the creature's solid insect-like exoskeleton meant that Van Damme could not bend at the waist, and the leg extensions proved unwieldy and impractical when filming on location in a jungle.

Furthermore, compared to Arnold Schwarzenegger , Carl Weathers and Jesse Ventura , actors known for their extensive bodybuilding regimes, Van Damme was not considered physically imposing enough to be a credible threat. With the failure of the Boss Studios suit, responsibility for creating the Predator creature passed to Stan Winston , who was hired at Schwarzenegger's suggestion following the actor's experience with him on The Terminator. According to Winston, "My feeling from reading the script was that the Predator had to be a real character, rather than a generic creature.

He needed to be a very specific character — and that's what we came up with. Additionally, Winston's good friend and frequent collaborator James Cameron suggested the Predator's distinctive mandibles during a flight the two were taking to an event in support of Aliens.

And I take complete credit for it, even though I had nothing to do with it, obviously! The new suit was far simpler than the Boss Studios effort, allowing for much greater freedom of movement. It was built around actor Kevin Peter Hall , who at 7 feet 2. The design originally incorporated mechanical finger extensions on the hands, but when these proved difficult to manipulate they were removed. The new Predator took eight weeks to design and create before filming was completed in January and February The Predator's luminescent blood was created by mixing KY Jelly with the active liquids found in glow sticks; the mixture lost its glow quickly, so new batches had to be mixed constantly between takes.

However, when the crew were unable to acquire any orange glowsticks on location, the blood was changed to green. Consequently, these shots had to be discarded and remade. No one asked why he, a veteran of the U. Army, had a British accent. I know how hard writers work on following the rules of reality that they themselves set, and writing dramatic scenarios that are true to the backstory and motivation of the characters they create.

In this movie, when Shane Black wants his characters in a Winnebago, a fucking Winnebago appears. When he wants a character to have a cop car, they start driving a cop car. There are little-to-no shots of these vehicles before they are being driven. And they may be lovers now? Or not? Then they murder-suicide each other due to the extremity of their Predator-inflicted injuries?

Also, his character is introduced as some kind of close-up magician who likes to [ reads one issue of Gambit] throw playing cards at people. Maybe more movies should make no sense whatsoever. Plus, Chris and Seerat start their NBA affirmations by discussing the new rule changes and how they are affecting refereeing around the league. Paak and Bootsy Collins. What would it look like if a player was as tall as Joel Embiid while weighing a few pounds more than Steph Curry?

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The Latest. By Rodger Sherman. Share this story Twitter Facebook. The original creature was shorter and more of a cross between an insect and a lizard that carried a spear gun-like weapon that can be seen hitting Blaine in the shoulder right before he turns and is shot in the back.

Much of the film was shot with the original creature in mind, so this could explain the inconsistencies in the wounds. Simply put, yes, they can. In every Predator film, the Predators all have their masks removed for extended periods of time and seem to have no difficulty breathing, not to mention being able to howl, growl and roar.

The Predator in Predator 2 was without its mask for almost the entire third act of the film, but it was also shown to have a small device it put over its mouth and took three or four deep breaths. After this, the device is never used again. It was likely because this Predator was severely wounded after Harrigan shoots him with a shotgun several times and was either having difficulty breathing or the mask held a sort of stimulant to keep him going until he was able to treat his wounds.

Another point is when Harrigan is on board the Predator's ship at the end of Predator 2, he is able to breathe perfectly fine and the elder Predator didn't have its mask on. Therefore they were both breathing oxygen. It seems to be a common misconception that the Predator's mask is used for breathing, yet no other part of their equipment shows to be air tanks though this doesn't rule out the possibility that the mask uses some sort of air-filtration unit, seeing as how it appears to be airtight.

The mask is part of the overall weapons unit and is connected to the plasma cannon, the targeting lasers the three dots and the forearm console weapons, final bomb and the invisibility camouflage , and it is a head-worn control mechanism, similar to Iron Man's helmet controlling his weapons and flight, complete with a head-up display HUD , which in the Predator's case, also entails imaging for alternative bands of electromagnetic radiation including "light".

The mask has all kinds of additional features oriented around sensory enhancement. Most likely it was a mistake by 20th Century Fox whereby they may have taken the wrong master. Approximately 37 seconds are missing in this release.

Dutch fastened his knife to the end of a spear. However he loses it before getting a chance to use it when the Predator pinpoints his location and repeatedly fires at him. He's forced to drop it when attempting to jump to the branch over the lake. At this point, the Predator more than likely sees Dutch as the most worthy opponent he had faced and it is even impressed by his stamina and prowess.

This is supported by the fact that it examines Dutch closely by scanning his skull. It then decides to abandon almost all of its weapons accept the wrist blades and remove its mask, in order to engage in a classic duel to the death as a matter of honor and pride. Although the Predator displays only three of his trophies onscreen, we witness the deaths of all six of Dutch's team members, leaving many wondering what happened to the remaining skulls.

It's very likely the Predator collected trophies from all six victims, but we simply do not see this. The skull with the hole in it is said to be Poncho's, as he was shot blasted in the head. However, Poncho was shot in the left side of his head, while the hole is on the top of the skull, so this is either a goof or someone else.

The others are unknown. One of them may have belonged to Billy, as we witness the Predator rip Billy's spine from his back and clean his skull, and the other was probably Dillon's as he put up the biggest fight besides Dutch and Billy. It has been speculated that one of the other skulls may have been Blain's since the Predator entered the squad's camp to retrieve his body.

Some believe the skull with the exit hole was Mac's because initially it appears that Mac is shot in the head. Also he is the only member of the team besides Dutch to injure the Predator. But in the brief shot of him laying on his back when Dillon finds him, you can clearly see he has a big hole in his chest, yet his head is unmarked. This is likely another continuity error in the movie, where the crew may had filmed a portion of this scene already and changed the setup for the second part, creating a goof.

Some say that the angle from which he was shot created an exit wound through the back of his neck, and this, combined with the camera angle on his death, gives the appearance that the blood bursts from his head. However, when freeze-framing Mac's death scene, the blood can definitely be seen coming from Mac's forehead, not his neck. After his body falls down, his leg can be seen twitching, which also seems more compatible with brain trauma because a shot through the chest and neck would likely sever the spinal cord, so the legs would no longer be able to receive nerve impulses from the brain.

Also, it is possible that the three trophies that are displayed belonged to Jim Hopper's men. As we only see, three of Hopper's men strung up and skinned.

Therefore the Predator may have kept Dutch's team mates' body parts somewhere else. The log was a counterweight for a spike trap Dutch had set up. He had cut wooden stakes and tied them to a log over the top of a ditch, and set a trip wire under it.

The wire was tied to the log. The idea was that when the Predator tripped the wire, he'd be hoisted up and slammed into the spikes. When Dutch tried to sucker him into such a trap, he almost fell for it but saw the spikes at the last second and went around. Unfortunately for him, he stopped and stood over Dutch directly under the log counterweight, so Dutch springs the trap himself, dropping the log on the Predator and disabling him.

Dutch picks up a rock with the intention of finishing off the Predator, but it's obvious that the alien is already dying. He also reflects on the fact that the Predator is a living creature which is now clearly in much pain and ponders whether it's right to kill the creature out of vengeance. Dutch realizes that the Predator has started a countdown to its own suicide and rushes to get as far away from there as quickly as possible.

Suddenly the whole area explodes in a mushroom cloud, attracting the attention of the rescue helicopter with Anna aboard. In the final scenes, the copter picks up Dutch and carries him out of the jungle.

Sign In. Predator Jump to: FAQs 23 Spoilers 5. Why didn't the Predator kill the guerrilla rebels at the guerilla camp, before Dutch and his team did? Why did the Predator laugh when it activated it's self-destruct device? How did Dutch not lose his arm when the Predator shot him with its plasma cannon? Why does the Predator's eyes glow for a second while it's invisible? When Dutch is on the shore face down in the mud, the predator then hits the water.

Shortly afterward it looks like his cloaking protection is short-circuiting when he is walking to shore. If it did, how could it use the cloaking device again later to cloak itself? Why didn't Dutch and the rest of the commandos take thermal goggles or sensitive listening devices with them on the mission; wasn't the technology available?

Why does the Predator repeat what some of the soldiers say? Why does Dillon ask Poncho to talk to Anna when Dillon clearly speaks spanish himself? How did Dutch come to suspect that Anna spoke perfect English? What is 'Predator' about? Is "Predator" based on a book?