Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-24059665-20131122182800/@comment-6078851-20131206042942

doesn't matter what the matter is, if it's organic matter then it's on the tyranid menu :)

on a related 'consumables' note - whether or not it's official lore i now fully believe that the necrons are (or should be) edible by tyranids. as i mentioned in another thread metals are a vital part of complex organic lifeforms. tyranids are probably the single most complex lifeform currently in the galaxy, and they have an abundance of natural metals (or metal-like) in their numerous bioforms - armour, weaponry etc. necrodermis being a living metal suggests to me that tyranids would find it very edible, and with the complexity of their species coupled with their exotic (not native to the milky way) nature makes me think that there's very little (if any) of necrons that wouldn't be edible.

it seems logical to me that this would be so but i could easily be wrong. does anyone know if it's explicitly stated anywhere that tyranids can't eat/process necrons?