Some creature, possibly designed or evolved for the task, absorbs the heat directly and conducts it to the life form outside the radiation area.

The creature has absorbed the memories of Wells' assistant, an engineer, and others.

"It appears that the creature absorbed the shock of the blast, which should have caused the station to self-destruct, and overfed."

The creature had somewhere, somehow absorbed enough radiation to make its carcass "hot."

The creature can absorb other living beings and add to its structure.

Valérian tries to clear them away with his laser cannon but the creature absorbs the energy and grows bigger.

After consuming Wyman's brain, the creature is now able to speak with the scientist's voice and has absorbed his knowledge.

These creatures absorb the chosen's shadow and therefore become their new shadows when they return to the land where the chosen live, the dark world.

Then mist the flowers to help the poor creatures to absorb moisture.

As the creature absorbs energy, the black hole grows in size and destroys a large part of St. Louis.