Gaunt,
Yautja,
12 years ago
Mood swings, stange food cravings.
Hah, you'd have less to worry about as a carrier organism, typical chestbursters only being less than a foot (around 30cm) in length and all, easy cargo.
Xenomorphs have been shown to eat, but very rarely, and as a result we assume they don't need to.
You have to remember that Xenomorphs seem to take in nutrients differently, it has been noted that they recover in Hive space, therefore, we can assume that they are being fed nutrients (of some form) through the Hive space (another organism of The Hive, in its own right), to increase the regeneration process and repair the organism quicker.
There was a theory, but it escapes me.