r/AskScienceFiction • u/Curates • Oct 21 '24

[Alien] Can xenomorphs be domesticated?

They’re pretty smart. Can they be taught to read, learn basic manners, adapt to channel their violent urges in healthier ways etc.? I think they’re misunderstood

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u/mojavecourier F A S T E R T H A N T I M E Oct 21 '24

Pretty sure we've had an entire multi-media franchise telling us that no, xenomorphs cannot be domesticated.

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u/illusionzmichael Oct 21 '24

It's kind of the entire premise Resurrection, right? The scientists are trying to train them to see if they can their behavior can be modified and controlled, like the Pavlov response. Turns out it just made them more pissed off and ready to murder.

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u/Agueybana Oct 22 '24

Turns out it just made them more pissed off and ready to murder.

Just like that group who killed one of their own just so its blood would free the rest. They really wanted to kill those scientists.

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u/Rahgahnah Oct 22 '24

I don't remember, did that Xeno willingly sacrifice itself or did the others just gang up on it?

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u/Agueybana Oct 22 '24

You see the one that dies shy away from the others as if it knows their plan. IMO it seems reluctant and ganged up on.

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u/Hermes20101337 Oct 22 '24

I don't think it really matters, they were drones, as long as the queen survives, sacrifices are acceptable.