Deliberate mistake: In the scene right after they figure out that an eclipse would occur, everyone takes Shazza's drive to get back to the crash site. Right after the ride under the huge skeletons, you can see Shazza take a turn to her right but she was turning the wheel to her left.

Pitch Black (2000)
Plot summary
Directed by: David Twohy
Starring: Vin Diesel, Keith David, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser
The commercial spaceship Hunter Gratzner crashes onto a desert planet. There are 12 survivors, including a merc and a vicious criminal. They find a long abandoned base, and then an eclipse happens, brining out nasty alien that die in the light.
Jack
Imam: I have already prayed with the others. It is painless.
Riddick: It is pointless.
Question: When Riddick says that the monsters can track them because the girl is bleeding, and Jack is revealed to be a girl, is it her period that he is talking about? Did Riddick smell it, too?
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Answer: Yes, it is her period. Considering that he lived in darkness for years, it's possible that he smells it too. It's also equally likely he realized she was a girl and that the creatures were all riled up and put two and two together. But the first explanation fits Riddick's character better.
Grumpy Scot