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A '''host body''' was a [[body]] used, infected or possessed by another creature, usually one who was incorporeal or very small. In some cases the possession was fatal to the host.
A '''host body''' was a [[body]] used, infected or possessed by another creature, usually one who was incorporeal or very small. In some cases the possession was fatal to the host.


''While many life-forms on Earth exist in a symbiotic or parasitic relationship, the idea of 'body-snatching' aliens taking over Earth in a month or a year is biologically impossible: symbiotic/parasitic relationships develop over thousands of years, and are specific to the particular species involved.''
''While many life-forms on Earth exist in a symbiotic or parasitic relationship, the idea of 'body-snatching' aliens taking over Earth in a month or a year is biologically impossible: symbiotic/parasitic relationships evolve over thousands of years, and are specific to the particular species involved.''


== Host bodies ==
== Host bodies ==

Revision as of 08:05, 6 December 2014

A host body was a body used, infected or possessed by another creature, usually one who was incorporeal or very small. In some cases the possession was fatal to the host.

While many life-forms on Earth exist in a symbiotic or parasitic relationship, the idea of 'body-snatching' aliens taking over Earth in a month or a year is biologically impossible: symbiotic/parasitic relationships evolve over thousands of years, and are specific to the particular species involved.

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