Alien spawn
An Alien Queen landed on Earth, but people are only able to speculate on her intentions...
Alien Invasion, episode 7:
The Alien Queen started scouring the land and never paid any attention to the human forces that tried to attack her, as she was being protected by an invisible force field. No man-made weapon was able to get through... But her behavior puzzled everyone even more, she wasn't attacking anyone, she looked like she was searching for something... Some thought that she was looking for this planet's leaders to parlay, but when a few of them tried to intercept her and make their existence known, she just ignored them too!
Then everything became clear. Alas, her plans were even more sinister than we had originally thought! She chose a suitable location and started ovipositing! Yes, she was laying hundreds of eggs in a huge ootheca (egg-case) that was made of a foam that came out of her abdomen along the eggs and, when hardened, it formed a rock-solid casing, apparently impenetrable, that would protect her spawn until hatched. We humans are only meant to serve as the primary food source for the new alien breed, we'll be the substance that will help them grow and wreck havoc on this planet and then on other worlds, too. We're doomed...
Or aren't we? Scientists came together to discuss the matter. The alien's egg-laying is apparently a long process as the queen seems to be taking her time, after all she has all the time in the world, as no-one can't bother her. This gives us time to think about the matter and make plans, but first and foremost we need all the information we can get about this egg-case we're up against, in order to try and destroy it before the eggs hatch! Scientists need to analyze photos of the making of this egg-case, to better understand how it's structure, find potential weaknesses... But who is brave enough to approach the queen, while she's still ovipositing, and shoot close-ups of the ootheca on the making?
To be continued...
Cast:
Mediterranean mantis (Iris oratoria) female, as the alien queen.
Best viewed Large, On Black.
Alien spawn
An Alien Queen landed on Earth, but people are only able to speculate on her intentions...
Alien Invasion, episode 7:
The Alien Queen started scouring the land and never paid any attention to the human forces that tried to attack her, as she was being protected by an invisible force field. No man-made weapon was able to get through... But her behavior puzzled everyone even more, she wasn't attacking anyone, she looked like she was searching for something... Some thought that she was looking for this planet's leaders to parlay, but when a few of them tried to intercept her and make their existence known, she just ignored them too!
Then everything became clear. Alas, her plans were even more sinister than we had originally thought! She chose a suitable location and started ovipositing! Yes, she was laying hundreds of eggs in a huge ootheca (egg-case) that was made of a foam that came out of her abdomen along the eggs and, when hardened, it formed a rock-solid casing, apparently impenetrable, that would protect her spawn until hatched. We humans are only meant to serve as the primary food source for the new alien breed, we'll be the substance that will help them grow and wreck havoc on this planet and then on other worlds, too. We're doomed...
Or aren't we? Scientists came together to discuss the matter. The alien's egg-laying is apparently a long process as the queen seems to be taking her time, after all she has all the time in the world, as no-one can't bother her. This gives us time to think about the matter and make plans, but first and foremost we need all the information we can get about this egg-case we're up against, in order to try and destroy it before the eggs hatch! Scientists need to analyze photos of the making of this egg-case, to better understand how it's structure, find potential weaknesses... But who is brave enough to approach the queen, while she's still ovipositing, and shoot close-ups of the ootheca on the making?
To be continued...
Cast:
Mediterranean mantis (Iris oratoria) female, as the alien queen.
Best viewed Large, On Black.