Why do they wear oxygen in Dune?

Breathing in through the mouth and out through the nose ensure moisture-rich air being exhaled was captured by the stillsuit and processed ensuring as little moisture as possible was lost through exhalation.
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Why do they wear nose plugs in Dune?

Urine and feces are processed in the thigh pads. In the open desert, you wear this filter across your face, this tube in the nostrils with these plugs to ensure a tight fit.
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What do they have in their nose in Dune?

Filt-Plug by Frank Herbert from Dune. A nose plug worn to collect moisture from exhaled air. On parched Arrakis, the wise traveler wears filt-plugs and a breathing mask over the mouth, to conserve moisture.
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What do they wear in Dune?

Inhabitants of the desert planet Arrakis in the movie "Dune" wear suits to protect them from the heat, cool them and recycle moisture from their bodies. It's more science than fiction for thermal dynamics engineer Konrad Rykaczewski. He's been working on similar suits for years.
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How do still suits work Dune?

Worn by the inhabitants of the desert planet Arrakis, stillsuits capture any moisture that leaves the body and recycle it back into drinkable water. They also look pretty sick, all tubes and piping and chest plates (a cosplayer's wet dream).
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Is a real Stillsuit possible?

How feasible are actual Stillsuits for future astronauts on Mars? Fortunately, we've been doing something similar to Dune's Stillsuits for a while now on the International Space Station. "There is an entire closed-loop system onboard the [International Space Station] dedicated to water," NASA says.
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Who has blue eyes in Dune?

Ever since the first Dune trailer debuted, moviegoers unfamiliar with Frank Herbert's acclaimed science-fiction novel Dune may have been confused as to why, in Denis Villeneuve's Dune, Zendaya's eyes are blue. She's not alone, of course.
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Why do Fremen have blue eyes?

The Fremen, the main inhabitants of Arrakis, consume spice regularly (it's a central ingredient in food on the planet), and are essentially dependent on the substance. Prolonged exposure to spice is the reason all of the Fremen have blue-on-blue eyes.
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Do you pee in Stillsuits?

Stillsuits recycle nearly all of the body's moisture, which Herbert's novel notes includes urine and feces, which are processed in the stillsuit's thigh pads.
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What are water rings in Dune?

Water Rings were metallic counters that represented the volume of water released by a body of a dead Fremen processed through a deathstill. They were manufactured in denominations ranging from 50 liters to 1/32 of a drachm (a drachm being 1/150 of a liter).
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What is the spice melange in Dune?

Melange (/meɪˈlɑːnʒ/), often referred to as "the spice", is the fictional psychedelic drug central to the Dune series of science fiction novels by Frank Herbert and derivative works.
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What did he breathe out in Dune?

It consisted of a false tooth with a cavity and false cap. The cavity was filled with poison gas. It was designed so that, when the bearer bit down hard on the cap and breathed out hard, the cap would break and the poison gas would be expelled into the immediate area.
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What is drum sand in Dune?

Drum sand was a surface feature of some dunes, a crystalline formation which caused them to amplify the footsteps of a traveller, attracting the attention of worms. It is also powdery and causes a traveller to sink into it, further increasing the danger.
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What is a shield in Dune?

The "Dune" universe features a game-changing ultimate shield made to deflect fast objects and projectiles. Bullets, for instance, are irrelevant because they are deflected automatically. The only thing that can go through those shields are slow objects.
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What happens to poop in Dune?

Urine and feces are processed in the thigh pads

Most characters in Dune are not Fremen by birth, but on Arakkis they adopt the stillsuit as a matter of survival.
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How do they drink water Dune?

In the original 1965 novel by Frank Herbert, the stillsuit is full-body attire that recycles potable water from literally every drop of moisture produced by the wearer, including sweat, tears, feces, urine, and even breath (it would also theoretically work as a period-recycling apparatus).
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How do they get water in Dune?

To obtain as much water as they need to survive, the Fremen have developed stillsuits to prevent the body from losing more than a thimble's moisture a day. Their people show their loyalty to their tribe by sharing the bond of water. They even strain their dead to salvage the water from the cadaver.
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Why are Mentats lips red?

Mentats habitually drink “the Juice of Sapho,” a kind of hyper-coffee that increases their mental acuity twice over or more. Naturally, Sapho is addictive, and eventually it has the side effect of staining a user's lips an obvious red.
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Why is Jessica a concubine Dune?

Concubines were often taken by ruling members of Great Houses for companionship. This was considered an ideal practice when one wished for other Great Houses to think they were available for alliance through marriage. Duke Leto Atreides took the Lady Jessica as his concubine.
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Do the Fremen bleed water?

Fremen do not use the word blood when referring to an important, limited life force, but instead they use water. The lack of water is a sign of the planet's precarious ecology.
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Why do Paul Atreides eyes turn blue?

The Dune trailer shows that Paul spends an extended period of time on Arrakis as he helps Chani protect the planet, meaning his blue eyes are a symptom of either ingesting the drug for power or consistently breathing in enough on Arrakis that he has a constant state of activity from Spice.
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Does Paul from Dune have powers?

Abilities and skills

Prescience: As the Kwisatz Haderach long sought out for by the breeding programme of the Bene Gesserit Order, Paul possessed a powerful ability to bridge space and time with prescient ability.
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Is Paul Atreides allergic to spice?

Chani can smell spice on Paul and wonders if it is an allergy, but Jessica says those tests were negative. Chani asks if they have makers with them, and Jessica confirms it, saying that each battle needs a blessing. Chani knows that Paul does not partake of the spice drug, and asks for the unchanged Water from a maker.
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How did the Fremen get to Arrakis?

The Fremen are believed to come from the Zensunni ultimately considering Poritrin their homeworld. In 7193 AG, all known Zensunni in the Imperium ended their hajra when transported to Arrakis. This was organized in deep secret by the Spacing Guild, when they brought them from Ishia, Rossak and perhaps Harmonthep.
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What do the worms in Dune symbolize?

Sandworms are giant creatures found only on the desert planet Arrakis. They are worshipped as agents of God by the Fremen, who consider their actions a form of divine intervention. The Fremen also refer to the sandworms as "Makers" or "Shai-Hulud".
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