Why didn't they start a fire the second they learned it liked heat?
Seriously.
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Partially cause fire is dangerous to us, why set a fire in attempt to help yourself only for it to end up being your undoing as well? Also I think the creature didn't so much "like heat" but used as a way to find its next feeding source, so I think it would only take a matter of time and a bit of trail and error for the creature to find out that the fire wasn't a feeding source.
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They were in a gas station and they pretty much did use fire (crackers) to get it's attention straight away.
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This was probably my biggest gripe, too. If the splinters are attracted to heat sources, just set a fire and let it dive in and immolate itself. High temperatures clearly aren't a problem because the main monster was all over the fireworks, which burn very hot, so there's no reason they couldn't have a) set a fire and let it commit suicide or b) lured it out with fireworks and doused it with the lighter fluid.
They were actually trying to set a fire (to the forest) but the "biology doctor" stopped them.
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Yup - which is why it made no sense that they didn't go back to that idea after they found out it liked heat. At least to distract it while they made a run for the car...
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