

Interestingly, Little Birdie stared fixedly at her in the Biosphere, while both his adolescent and adult forms were strongly focused on attacking her. It is unknown whether or not Ridley's clone remembered Samus. This led to Little Birdie feeling dissatisfied, presumably motivating him to break free and satisfy his voracious appetite. Samus refers to Little Birdie as a "disgusting beast" due to his parasitic nature of using other creatures' strength to his advantage, and also by the way he greedily consumes the honey.Īccording to concept art Little Birdie would not be fed his favorite fruit by researchers in the Breeding Room, who only fed him smaller fruits as part of their study. This indicates that Ridley retains his capacity for critical thought even in his infant stage. Later, he "uses" Samus to destroy the Kihunter hive, allowing him to harvest and consume the honey. Little Birdie demonstrates a high degree of intelligence when he plays dead to lure the Lab Worker into his cage so he can kill the researcher and escape. It can be assumed that, once Little Birdie outgrew his "shell" and molted into the Mystery Creature, he targeted and consumed Lyle.Ģ7 August 2007 Personality and abilities She nudges its body, which then causes it to fall over, revealing that it was only a shell that was recently shed. Samus follows the trail of blood, at the end of which she finds Little Birdie leaning against a transport vehicle. After she defeats the hive, Little Birdie appears and begins feeding on the honey from the broken nest while roaring at Samus as she walks by.Īfter Samus battles the lizard-like Mystery Creature, Samus and the 07th Platoon find Lyle killed in action, covered in green blood. Later, a piercing screech is heard in the Kihunter nest, sending the surrounding Zeros into panic and enraging a swarm of Kihunters into protecting them and attacking Samus. He scurries off after noticing Samus staring at him, but as she turns to walk away, he emerges from the brush and stares at her.

Samus Aran first encounters Little Birdie after she leaves the Breeding Room, watching him as he tries to get on top of his favorite fruit in a lush jungle room. Some time later, he was found playing dead in his cage and escaped after he brutally murdered the unfortunate scientist who discovered him. Not knowing he was spawned by Ridley's DNA, the scientists thought he lacked potential as a bioweapon, and instead began treating him as their pet, giving him the nickname "Little Birdie" and keeping him in the Breeding Room in the Biosphere. Little Birdie has only been seen in the form of Ridley's clone, which was created from DNA found on Samus' armor prior to the game's events. 3.1 Nintendo Official Guidebook for Metroid Other M.
