User blog comment:Lord Loss/Monster Hunter Theory... Blog/@comment-174.52.196.175-20130607044208/@comment-5460283-20130607223321

Yes, I agree with everything and I have had this "silicon based life forms" idea for oreivores (monsters that eat ore) for a long time. But one thing i must add is it's way of getting rid of waste. (I like how you said it had an external distribution of nutrients because that sets this up very nicely.) So I propose that the removal of waste is somewhat external. This would explain why there are large pores along its body, and the constant flow of molten gunk, because the waste product that it produces is released through these pores. Be it passively (just sitting there letting it flow out) or defensively (where is uses its own waste to attack). Think of it as constantly doing number 2 and sometimes using it to attack things.