Question: Is it the same facehugger for Ripley and the dog/ox, or were there two different ones?
Phixius
22nd Feb 2017
Alien 3 (1992)
Answer: Two different facehuggers. They die after implanting the xenomorph embryo in the host.
There was only one egg on the ship.
One egg but not necessarily one Facehugger. One already emerged from an egg could have attached to the Queen on the planet (and flattened against her body making it practically invisible) then scurried away out of sight during the fight with the PowerLoader. Dislodged as a result then hidden away, ready to strike later.
We only SEE one, doesn't mean another one wasn't on board somewhere.
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Answer: It was a special type of facehugger known as a "Royal facehugger", which carries two embryos. One is a queen embryo, the other is a drone to protect the queen.