frow what was Lexx bred?
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Originally posted by DalekTek790:
I do not believe the Net in the episodes [i]The Net[/i] and [i]The Web[/i] was an Insect (just to clarify my half-sane semantics, Nets are the species, Webs and Spiders are the components). I think it was a completely different species. The Net body plan was radially symmetrical, based on 8. The Insect body plan seems to be based on 3 and 7 and always bilateral. It does have similar characteristics, like an exoskeleton, enormous size, the capability of interstellar travel, and the ability to pass part of its intelligence to hosts of other species.
The Lexx is programmed to be afraid of the Web he sees. He also knows that where there’s a Web there’s likely to be a Spider. His instincts told him to turn but Stan told him not to, with disastrous results. This implies that the Insects and the Nets had previous contact, and, as with this situation, the Insect was the victim.
But, keep in mind, terrestrial insects can show considerable polymorphism within one species, and the Insects had advanced technology like genetic engineering which they could have used to greater specialize and differentiate castes.
I was basing my assumptions that the nets were insects based on theire size, intelligence…
You made a good point witht the 3 and 7 segments. Yes I know that is the case but I (and 99.9% of the population) tend to group bugs,insects,aracnids etc in the same group: Creepy crawly things I don’t want touching me or my food or living in my house!
I wouldn’t say that the LEXX is programmed like a computer to be afraid of webs. That fear is natural to him. Much like how LEXX moths and terrestial moths are drawn to flame. And how every other lifeform (except for us) on the planet stays away from things with bright colors. i.e. bees, poison dart frogs, monarch butterflies etc. Bright colors are natures way of saying don’t touch. We make our bombs that way too. Unfortuanlty bright colors attract children, d’oh.
I’ve read about/seen ants with huge variantions within a species. Ranging from size, color, mandibles etc. But each one still looks like another ant. A moth, a dragon fly and a pill bug look nothing alike. That’s why I disagree witht the caste theory. Individual castes within the pill bugs isn’t such a bad idea though, too bad we’ll never get any back story to prove it one way or another.