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[Originally posted to Tumblr on 7 August 2013, then cross-posted to Wordpress the same day]
[Note: The following meta is the product of me thinking entirely too much about watching Pacific Rim and Kaiju biology. Most of this is speculation on my part, and may be disproved by information that I don’t currently have access to, so if you know something that I don’t know then by all means, do tell shoot me a message or something of that nature. Anyway, here goes nothing.]
The easiest way for me to start this is by examining briefly what we do know about Kaiju biology. We know, for instance, via Newt’s initial drift with the damaged Kaiju brain, that Kaijus – at least the ones that leave the Breach – share a collective consciousness, a sort of hivemind. Through the same drift, we also know that the Kaijus that leave the Breach are all clones, sharing the same genetic material despite displaying wildly different shapes and adaptations.
Lastly, we also know that Kaijus have two brains, the latter of the two being the secondary brain, the location of which Newt indicates by referencing the popular myth of the “dinosaur’s second brain” (it is pretty safe to assume that Newt knows that the dinosaurs did not have an actual second brain, but given the continued popularity of the myth today, it makes a good reference point to explain the location of a piece of Kaiju biology to a layperson).
Now what’s really cool to me, is the implications of some of these facts when paired with other things that we see in the film.
Read the Rest Here!
[Note: The following meta is the product of me thinking entirely too much about watching Pacific Rim and Kaiju biology. Most of this is speculation on my part, and may be disproved by information that I don’t currently have access to, so if you know something that I don’t know then by all means, do tell shoot me a message or something of that nature. Anyway, here goes nothing.]
The easiest way for me to start this is by examining briefly what we do know about Kaiju biology. We know, for instance, via Newt’s initial drift with the damaged Kaiju brain, that Kaijus – at least the ones that leave the Breach – share a collective consciousness, a sort of hivemind. Through the same drift, we also know that the Kaijus that leave the Breach are all clones, sharing the same genetic material despite displaying wildly different shapes and adaptations.
Lastly, we also know that Kaijus have two brains, the latter of the two being the secondary brain, the location of which Newt indicates by referencing the popular myth of the “dinosaur’s second brain” (it is pretty safe to assume that Newt knows that the dinosaurs did not have an actual second brain, but given the continued popularity of the myth today, it makes a good reference point to explain the location of a piece of Kaiju biology to a layperson).
Now what’s really cool to me, is the implications of some of these facts when paired with other things that we see in the film.
Read the Rest Here!
