How did the aliens cheer when they didn't have vocal cords?
In the first Independence Day (1996), Dr. Okun clearly states that the aliens have no means of oral communication: No vocal cords.
However, in Independence Day 2: Resurgence (2016), there is a scene where hundreds of aliens are heard "cheering" in the trailer:
How is it physiologically possible?
Or is it a retcon? Or a sizable plot hole?
Best Answer
A lot of creatures have no vocal chords but make sounds. If I remember correctly someone confuses screams of pain for what is in fact celebration in the film. Could still be a mistake in writing but dinosaurs are depicted as growling/roaring but science has never insinuated they have vocal chords or can speak. I can't claim to be an authority on aliens though. I haven't met any...yet.
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