Richard's Animorphs Forum
Animorphs Section => Animorphs Forum Classic => Topic started by: wolfev on July 30, 2008, 04:48:08 PM
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This is something I was wondering. Yeerks are much smaller than humans. However since they are connected to the human brain they should be getting all chemicals that are in it. Assuming that a controller would need to keep up appearances then a few should should be exposed high doses to alcohol and drugs that though non lethal to humans should poison the yeerk in the their head. Why does this not occur?
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Why SHOULD alcohol and drugs be lethal to Yeerks?
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For once, I agree with Yorick. Why is alcohol lethal to Yeerks?
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Hmm... Good point. Just because alcohol can be lethal to humans, doesn't mean it's lethal to Yeerks.
But don't you think there had to have been some sort of chemical that would kill a Yeerk, other than the crap in oatmeal?
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well what chemical in instant maple and ginger oatmeal makes the yeerks go insane? We find that, and we might find other things that are lethal to them.
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Because its lethal in high doses to humans and is highly reactive. Remember they have neurons too and DNA. There are other chemicals too that I wonder about. Specifically if Yeerks are similar enough to mind meld then their neurons must be similar to ours. If so they how come when Visser one does drugs she does not get addicted to them as well.
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Hmm... That's also a good point. Now I am slightly confused.
Do you think bleach would kill a Yeerk?
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The Yeerks control certain body systems more consciously than humans. Perhaps they are able to just funnel the toxins away from themselves. Or they just join The Sharing and "turn their life around". ;D
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Hmm... That's also a good point. Now I am slightly confused.
Do you think bleach would kill a Yeerk?
I don't know about bleach, but the chlorine in the pool definitely did something to the yeerk.
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Exactly, it destroys the mucus membrane on the yeerks or something. Now think about this chlorine in pools is just a minor annoyance to eyes but alcohol really hurts. Since it crosses the blood brain barrier should it therefore get on the yeerks skin and hurt it.
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If a human drinks alcohol, the alcohol itself isn't going to the human's brain, so it's not going to kill the Yeerk unless the human totally binges and dies of alcohol poisoning or something...but if you dunk a Yeerk in isopropyl alcohol, or hell, even a beer? I don't know...it would probably absorb pretty quickly, and either kill it, or make it very drunk. Isopropyl would probably kill it more than a beer, I'd imagine x3 I toyed with the idea of naturally occurring alcohol (yeast/fermentation plus fallen fruit or dead things in Yeerk pool water somewhere, stagnant?) on the Yeerk homeworld...because I think waaaaaay too much about this crap x3
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Because its lethal in high doses to humans and is highly reactive. Remember they have neurons too and DNA. There are other chemicals too that I wonder about. Specifically if Yeerks are similar enough to mind meld then their neurons must be similar to ours. If so they how come when Visser one does drugs she does not get addicted to them as well.
It's doubtful whether the Yeerk actually shares blood connections with the human. It is possible they don't have a blood connection, meaning they aren't affected by anything in the human bloodstream. However, if so then how does oatmeal affect them? Perhaps it has particular qualities that make it affect electrical impulses in the brain in some way that is detrimential to a Yeerk.
I imagine alcohol would harm a Yeerk if you poured it onto the Yeerk's body, but it probably doesn't actually reach the Yeerk through the host's bloodstream.
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This may be slightly off topic, but what does anyone think of Yeerks dying due to host death. If a host dies, and the Yeerk doesn't get out of its head really fast, it will die as well. What do you think it is about host brain death that can cause a Yeerk to die?
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This may be slightly off topic, but what does anyone think of Yeerks dying due to host death. If a host dies, and the Yeerk doesn't get out of its head really fast, it will die as well. What do you think it is about host brain death that can cause a Yeerk to die?
I always imagined that they didn't die, but they can't get out, and in 3 days they die of kandrona starvation. So I think the problem is they can't get out if the host dies.
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This may be slightly off topic, but what does anyone think of Yeerks dying due to host death. If a host dies, and the Yeerk doesn't get out of its head really fast, it will die as well. What do you think it is about host brain death that can cause a Yeerk to die?
In Visser, Visser One mentions that it's very difficult for a Yeerk to leave a dying host before death reaches it as well. I think once the host dies they immediately leave, because they don't want to die themselves, or they die because they didn't get out in time. It probably has something to do with the Yeerk's neurons, it's actual brain or extensions of it, being directly connected to dying human neurons. The same connection that allows a Yeerk to control its host will probably tie its life and brain function to its host's continued...brain functiony...stuff.
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Or the brain discharges all its potential energy thus electrocuting the yeerk.
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Reading this topic, another question came to mind,
Early in the series some of the Anirmorphs identified an 'unidentifiable smell' in humans we knew were Controllers. I think Jake/Homer, wasn't aware of it, but picked something up in his brother. And Rachel/Fluffer Mc.Kitty caught something in Chapman's scent. I like to think that it was the scent of the Yeerk Pool complex. Most of their morphs had pretty acute olfactory. Cassie ceratinly DEFINATELY could have picked up the enemy's scent with her wolf morph.
Now, could these animals' senses not have been further used to identify Controllers? Like, do a morph to safely tick or cross their parents and close ones? Instead of stalking them every 3 days??
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Really good point. You couldn't really use a wolf but a dog/cat would have worked.
Of course wandering up to random people (not that you're suggesting this) could be dangerous as the Yeerks were obviously aware of morphing tech. and might decide to kill any suspicious animals...
But still, much more could have been done with this point.
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If a human drinks alcohol, the alcohol itself isn't going to the human's brain, so it's not going to kill the Yeerk unless the human totally binges and dies of alcohol poisoning or something...but if you dunk a Yeerk in isopropyl alcohol, or hell, even a beer? I don't know...it would probably absorb pretty quickly, and either kill it, or make it very drunk. Isopropyl would probably kill it more than a beer, I'd imagine x3 I toyed with the idea of naturally occurring alcohol (yeast/fermentation plus fallen fruit or dead things in Yeerk pool water somewhere, stagnant?) on the Yeerk homeworld...because I think waaaaaay too much about this crap x3
If the alcohol doesn't go to the brain, then why do people get all weird when they drink a lot?