Talk:Graboid

didn't these used to be seperate pages for ass blasters and shreikers

similarity to Dune

Or at least, in the way the sand burrowing creatures looked in the 1984 film. Oh, and the whole being on rocks to avoid underground killing things theme. I'm undoubtedly missing something that ties all of this together nicely, probably a single word. AnarchyElmo 03:56, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I say either "inspired" or 'similar". 24.77.26.17 (talk) 21:24, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Original research?

I saw the original research tag and then read through the page, but only find a few sentences which needed removal. Certainly not as "egregious" as the person who added the tag claims. Most of the stuff in the article is still what I wrote originally, and I was very observational, not theorizing beyond what is said in the films and TV show. Jerkov 18:24, 5 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see any original research here. It's all gleaned from official sources; the movies, the television series, Stampede entertainment's FAQ and the SciFi channel mock writeup.

K00bine 11:12, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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graboids;cepalophods

this does'nt mean graboids are cepalophods because they don't have bones.it had to have bones or scutes to plow through sand or soil —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.69.251.195 (talk) 09:52, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The scifi channel's essay on Graboid physiology states that they have a jointed cuttlebone for internal support. Graboids do have a "skeleton" of sorts.

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hermafrodite or assexual?

they don't mate with others and exchange sperm, they procreate without exchanging genetic material (as far as I know) with others of the same spcies, wouldn't this make them assexual instead of hermafrodite? (hermafrodite means being of both "regular" genders at the same time)--TiagoTiago (talk) 18:26, 26 August 2008 (UTC))[reply]

It should say asexual. T2 says they're hermaphrodites, but that's scientifically incorrect and thus a mistake on the film's part. To my knowledge hermaphroditism is a gender disorder, not a natural state of being for any organism. The shriekers reproduce without having sexual intercourse, i.e. asexually. Jerkov (talk) 17:55, 13 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely a "natural state" among certain animals (and the norm in a lot of plant families). All land snails are hermaphrodites, for example, as are earthworms technically (although the latter will assume opposing genders during sexual contact). Banana slugs can practice self-fertilization (other species protect themselves against that), that is they are hermaphrodites capable of producing offspring without exchanging genetic material with a partner. 89.56.192.57 (talk) 04:00, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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