It's like an amoeba. A giant amoeba, one single cell, without intelligence, without a nervous system at all. It reacts completely on instinct to external stimuli.
12 seconds sound clip from the The Angry Red Planet movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:05:05 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- You'd better get out of that suit.
- I'll get some niacin compound, just in case.
- Give me that suit, Tom. We'll put it in the disposal unit.
- What is your opinion of that creature?
- Now, wait a minute. Whoa. Heh. Let me in on it, Irish, huh?
- Ah, we must be safe in here.
- The amoeba engulfs its prey and digests it with extremely strong acids. It's trying to get to us.
- I wouldn't say that. Not after what we saw it do to poor Sam.
- It'll take time, but it probably can eat right through the ship.
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