Headcrabs + Watermelons = ?

[Dog--]

I got this picture from Dr. Klieners lab after I teleported there from
Nova Prospekt and I was just exploring around and I found this note
(The Attachment File) and I was wondering, did anyone ever take a watermelon to a headcrab and see if the headcrab jumped on the melon?
Maybe this can be used as a weapon against the combine? The headcrab jumps off of the melon at the combine?

 

[joule]

I've never tried it. I would think the watermelon acts as a human head to be coupled with.

 

[63]

I believe there's a model somewhere of a headcrab on top + eating a watermelon. It was in an old JBMod map if I remember correctly.

 

[ríomhaire]

headcrabs eat.

 

[Asknoone]

Headcrabs + watermelons = not hungry headcrab.

 

[Mechagodzilla]

Bingo. It's a tasty snack for a domesticated headcrab.

They can't survive on only human flesh, you know.

 

[Sulkdodds]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwww.

 

[Rennmniscant]

How cool would it be, being attacked by a headcrab, and picking up a watermelon to protect yourself and distract the crab. Imagine that horrible heaving fleshy lump sucking the juices of a watermelon whilst rolling around on the floor, knocking over tables and shelves. I think valve should look into it!
Suck my pretties! SUCK!

 

[Hectic Glenn]

I believe there's a model somewhere of a headcrab on top + eating a watermelon. It was in an old JBMod map if I remember correctly.

Yep, buildingblocks_final or something like that. There was all the spawning machines, a large pool of water then a statue with a headcrab on a watermelon. Weird really, but if you wanna see it download that map. (search forums for link)

 

[Dog--]

Has Any 1 Acually Tried This?!

 

[2Fast4U]

Has Any 1 Acually Tried This?!

Nothing happens if you bring a watermelon to a headcrab. Happy now?

 

[the_rebel_medic]

i dont believe they have. its kind of a non obvious thing because who would expect a headcrab to eat a melon. BUT the inside of a melon is pink. just like a brain and the outside is green like a vortigaunts head. any extra thoughts anyone?

 

[Ennui]

Nothing happens if you bring a watermelon to a headcrab. Happy now?

ahahahahhahaha.

 

[Dog--]

hey 2fast, have you tried it?

 

[Vegeta897]

hey 2fast, have you tried it?

No, because it DOESN'T WORK. Why don't you try it yourself if you are so damn curious? And there is no need to use caps-lock.

The_Rebel_Medic: Vortigaunt's heads are not green... And what would that have to do with it?

 

[the_rebel_medic]

well they come from xen, headcrabs come from xen, and so on so forth

 

[Vegeta897]

well they come from xen, headcrabs come from xen, and so on so forth

That's my point, why would a headcrab target a vortigaunt as a host, when they are from the same planet. I don't know if you have noticed or not, but so far they only latch onto humans.

And, I am still curious as to why you said vortigaunts' heads are green.

 

[Dr. Freeman]

Bingo. It's a tasty snack for a domesticated headcrab.

They can't survive on only human flesh, you know.

yeah...even headcrabs need their daily dose of vitamin C ya know?

 

[Ennui]

this thread is so stupid.

 

[AzzMan]

That's my point, why would a headcrab target a vortigaunt as a host, when they are from the same planet. I don't know if you have noticed or not, but so far they only latch onto humans.

And, I am still curious as to why you said vortigaunts' heads are green.

Vortigaunt = headcrabs natural host. Either that or some other humanoid creature. It just happens that humans are easier prey. That;s how I see it anyways. Kind of like how here on earth a foreign soecies introduced into another ecosystem can outcompete the natives and cause the downfall of the ecosystem....

 

[Vegeta897]

Vortigaunt = headcrabs natural host. Either that or some other humanoid creature. It just happens that humans are easier prey. That;s how I see it anyways. Kind of like how here on earth a foreign soecies introduced into another ecosystem can outcompete the natives and cause the downfall of the ecosystem....

Well azzman, I have considered what you are trying to say a while ago, but came to the conclusion that it's not possible because we would have seen this "crabbed vortigaunt" in halflife. Which we haven't. My theory has back up. Yours doesn't. I apologize.

 

[HunterSeeker]

But it does not make sense that a headcrab suddenly gains the instinct to latch onto humans.

 

[Vegeta897]

But it does not make sense that a headcrab suddenly gains the instinct to latch onto humans.

Well of course not, there must be some kind of plant on xen that the headcrab feeds on. The headcrab, being on earth, looks for something similar. Apparantly the human head suited those needs.

 

[2Fast4U]

hey 2fast, have you tried it?

Now I tried this again and it really works!

Looks like you just made a huge discovery my friend. :E

 

[Sulkdodds]

Conclusive evidence!

 

[AzzMan]

Well of course not, there must be some kind of plant on xen that the headcrab feeds on. The headcrab, being on earth, looks for something similar. Apparantly the human head suited those needs.

So they attach to this plant on xen, and turn it into a lumering carnivorous creature?

 

[Asknoone]

That's my point, why would a headcrab target a vortigaunt as a host, when they are from the same planet. I don't know if you have noticed or not, but so far they only latch onto humans.

And, I am still curious as to why you said vortigaunts' heads are green.

Why do crocodiles eat humans, when were all from Earth?

 

[Sulkdodds]

Just because we've never ever seen a headcrabbed vortigaunt, doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

Consider: the only vortigaunts we've seen are slaves (unlikely to be headcrabbed, I'm thinking Nihilanth would probably frown upon such things amongst employees) and a few very rare Resistance vorts. In the normal course of the game, there aren't actually any places where we would see headcrabbed vorts. It seems likely....I mean, what the hell else are Headcrabs going to feed on in Xen?

 

[Vegeta897]

I never said that the headcrab didn't take over other creatures on xen. But I doubt they do, because we would see them in the game! But we don't. Maybe it was just a fluke that headcrabs gained control of the nervous system when they latched on. Perhaps because the brain is located right under where they latch.

Or, the guys at Valve never throught about any of this, and there is no answer.

Sulkdodds, like I said, probably something on xen that we've seen before, like some plant or something. Like I said, we would have seen this crabbed creature if it existed. I mean, you would think so because it would have the aggressive brain of a headcrab, and no doubt it would come out of it's hiding if it saw humans, as the headcrabs did. Because think the same, just have different bodies.

 

[blandead41]

you are making things up.

 

[Asknoone]

I never said that the headcrab didn't take over other creatures on xen. But I doubt they do, because we would see them in the game! But we don't. Maybe it was just a fluke that headcrabs gained control of the nervous system when they latched on. Perhaps because the brain is located right under where they latch.

Or, the guys at Valve never throught about any of this, and there is no answer.

Sulkdodds, like I said, probably something on xen that we've seen before, like some plant or something. Like I said, we would have seen this crabbed creature if it existed. I mean, you would think so because it would have the aggressive brain of a headcrab, and no doubt it would come out of it's hiding if it saw humans, as the headcrabs did. Because think the same, just have different bodies.

Just because we haven't seen them, doesn't mean they aren't there. There are Gonarchs spawning headcrabs somewhere, we haven't seen them - but we know they have to be there.

 

[Fuse Kazuki]

Just because we haven't seen them, doesn't mean they aren't there. There are Gonarchs spawning headcrabs somewhere, we haven't seen them - but we know they have to be there.

We see a Gonarch in HL1 in Xen. It lays baby headcrabs.

 

[Asknoone]

We see a Gonarch in HL1 in Xen. It lays baby headcrabs.

Yes, obviously, but I'm referring to HL2, not hl1.

 

[Mickeey]

Why don't you try yourself instead of making a thread about it...then when you had found out, make a thread about it...unless it didnt eat it...

 

[Lucid]

Yes, obviously, but I'm referring to HL2, not hl1.

The headcrabs were unleashed upon City 17 through the pods you saw in Ravenholme :thumbs:

 

[Vegeta897]

The headcrabs were unleashed upon City 17 through the pods you saw in Ravenholme :thumbs:

The pods weren't the things making the headcrabs. I believe the combine captured some headcrabs, or have Gonarchs in captivity spawning headcrabs, for the purpose of putting them in pods and sending them off, to kill rebels. You act like the headcrabs are born from those pods or something.

 

[Lucid]

You act like the headcrabs are born from those pods or something.

Didn't know you could tell how people act through their text.

 

[DreadLord]

That's my point, why would a headcrab target a vortigaunt as a host, when they are from the same planet. I don't know if you have noticed or not, but so far they only latch onto humans.

And, I am still curious as to why you said vortigaunts' heads are green.

Right, because after all, headcrabs dont target humans as hosts. No, they muckle onto your head because you're a human, and Xen has declared war on humanity.
/sarcasm

Idiots.

 

[Asknoone]

The headcrabs were unleashed upon City 17 through the pods you saw in Ravenholme :thumbs:

We all know that, but I'm refering to where the combine manufacture the headcrabs - they don't pull em out of their ass.

 

[Sulkdodds]

OR DO THEY?!?

I don't think the headcrabs in City-17 were dropped in pods. Ravenholm, fine - you want to take out the entire population after all. But what the Combine don't want to do is introduce such a dangerous element into their population centre (yes they do it near the end of the game but at that point the City's going to hell anyway). Headcrabs and zombies in City-17 most likely just got in through canals, sewers etc.

But thinking about it, somewhere out in the wilderness there must be Gonarch hives. I mean, a species which only has one spawning mechanism - one queen - is a big evolutionary no-no. So there must be more Gonarchs out there, and the Combine probably have a couple captive.