No, they are not like dinosaurs. Though that may have been the initial design concept, the moder tyranids are far different. The closet comparison in the world today is probably an ant. The ant have excoskeletons, and are adapted to their jobs. Ant culture is similar to tyranids to. The single purpose of gathering resources for the colony, is like the vast hive ships searching the vastness of space, hunting down planets rich with life, simply to fulfill the hive minds insatiable appetite. |