SCP-548

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Background

SCP-548 is a female Cyriopagopus lividus which also happens to posses venom which instead of poisoning one gives them frostbites, something which it uses to great effect while hunting its prey. Its preferred method of hunting is to inject its prey with venom and then to drag them to safe location where it then proceeds to cut them to pieces while frozen using its jaw.

General Information

Name: SCP-548

Other Names: Ice Spider

Origin: SCP Foundation

Sex: Female

First Appearance: SCP-548 File log

Company: SCP Foundation

Sex: Female

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: She/Her

Age: Unknown

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: SCP Foundation Containment Center

Story Role: SCP

Classification: Euclid Class

Species: Cobalt Tarantula

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Tarantula Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Unknown

Occupation: None

Containment Status: Contained (SCP-548 is kept at 24°C in a 50 cm x 50 cm terraium)

Affiliations: Other Cyriopagopus species

Enemies: Mice (Feeds off of them), Humans (If cornered by a human it will attempt to bite its perceived attacker before fleeing)

Height: 7.3 cm long

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive

Alignment: Unaligned (Animals have no real moral compass aside from very primitive ones, thus they fall under no true alignment as they're not inherently evil, good, or neutral)

Threat Level: Street Threat (SCP-548 like most ofCyriopagopus species usually avoid contact with humans, if cornered however, they will quickly turn aggressive, attempting to bite its perceived attacker before fleeing)

Codex Statistics

Tier: 10-C, Higher with Penetration Damage

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Subhuman level (Tarantulas hunt on grasshoppers, beetles, other small spiders and arthropods, and will sometimes eat small lizards. SCP-548 can feed on mice for food), Higher with Penetration Damage (SCP-548's feeding structures are normal for a spider except for the maxillae, which are extremely hard and serrated)

Durability: Subhuman level

Striking Strength: Subhuman class

Lifting Strength: Below Average Human

Travel Speed: Below Average Human

Attack Speed: Below Average Human

Reaction Speed: Below Average Human

Stamina: Superhuman (Tarantulas Can go months without eating)

Range: Below Standard Melee (SCP-548 is a female cobalt tarantula 7.3 centimeters long)

Intelligence: Animalistic Intelligence

Knowledge: Animalistic level

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Powers and Techniques

Small Size (Bug-Sized; SCP-548 is a female cobalt tarantula 7.3 centimeters long), Natural Weaponry and Penetration Damage (Physical Penetration; SCP-548's feeding structures are normal for a spider except for the maxillae, which are extremely hard and serrated), Poison Manipulation and Cold Manipulation (SCP-548's venom undergoes a highly endothermic reaction on contact with living tissue; a single bite, injecting less than 0.5 mL venom, causes an average temperature drop of 38°C in the affected area. One bite is sufficient to cause localized frostbite in a human, and may even be lethal should the venom reach the central circulatory system. If one is smaller then SCP-548 they are frequently frozen solid upon having the venom injected).

Resistance to Bone Manipulation (Tarantulas do not have bones), Ice Manipulation and Cold Manipulation (SCP-548 may be frozen solid with no apparent ill effects, surviving repeated freezings, each time resuming normal behavior upon thawing)

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Equipment

Nothing notable.

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Other

Standard Tactics: SCP-548 will avoid contact with humans, if cornered however, it quicky turns aggressive and attempts to bite its perceived attacker before fleeing.

Weaknesses: While it can resume normal behavior upon thawing from being frozen, it cannot escape freezing itself.

Containment Attempts

None.

None.

None.

References

• Original article page.