Question about the xenomorph in Alien

Here's my question, how does it decide which humans to kill and which ones to cocoon for facehuggers? Also would the "dog alien" from Alien 3 have gotten along with the humanoid Xenomorphs or is it too genetically/physically different and would have attacked each other?

blow that.....i want to know what they eat

You're comparing two different things - how physically strong a material is, as compared to how reactive it is with acids.

Most metals react with acids to one degree or another, so it's no surprise that Alien 'blood' does. But there are materials that don't - glass, for instance, doesn't react with most acids even though it's much physically weaker than a metal like iron.

So Xeno skin being acid-proof doesn't really say anything about how strong it is, it just says that it doesn't react with acid.

As to how strong Xeno skin is, pretty strong. The pulse rifles we saw used against the Xenos in Aliens were firing 10mm explosive tipped bullets, a "light armour piercing" round. So Xenomorph skin could literally be as hard as thin steel and still be ripped apart by those bullets. Certainly stronger than something like a car door, say.

I would imagine that the xenomorph skin was specifically made to withstand the acid. For example: Ever have acid reflux? That shit actually stings like a mutha! But you don't feel it all in your stomach and it doesn't burn through, right?