In Predator 2, the Predator has his mask/helmet taken, yet he still sees in heat vision – in Predator, he takes it off and sees in a new red vision. How can this be?
It’s never been fully explained exactly what kind of ‘normal’ vision an unmasked Predator has, although I theorised some points in the Homeworld section. But using the theory that the DO have a form of natural infra-red vision: the Predator’s vision changed in the first film because the ‘high-tech’ mask filtered most of the infrared waves, creating a clearer view. In other words, Predators see infrared emitted by warm surroundings, such as the tropical rainforest. The vision without the mask didn’t change much in the second film because he was in a meat storage house – being kept cool and emitting little infrared, his vision didn’t change much with or without the mask.
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