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SCP-098
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Background
SCP-098 is a species of previously unknown crustacean crab-like animals. They demonstrate pack-hunting behavior when attacking prey.
General Information
Name: SCP-098
Other Names: Surgeon Crabs
Origin: SCP Foundation
First Appearance: SCP File log
Company: SCP Foundation
Creator: DrEverettMann
Sex: Varies (SCP-098 is a species of previously unknown crustacean)
Sexuality: Varies
Pronouns: Varies, They/Them collectively
Age: Varies
Homeworld: Earth
Residence: SCP Foundation Containment Area
Discovered: ██████, Brazil
Story Role: SCP
Classification: Safe Class,
Species: Unknown Crustacean
State of Being: Regular
Physiology: Crustacean Physiology
In-Universe Creator: Unknown
Occupation: None
Containment Status: Contained (Members of SCP-098 are kept in a 10 m x 20 m room with small pools of water and sandy substrate)
Affiliations: SCP-098 members
Enemies: Prey Animals
Height: Varies, normally 40 centimeters tall
Weight: Varies
Status: Active
Alignment: Unaligned (SCP-098 is a species of previously unknown crustacean, thus they are animals that lack any real moral alignment)
Codex Statistics
Grade: C
Tier: 10-C, Higher with Penetration Damage
Cardinality: Finite
Dimensionality: 3-D
Attack Potency: Subhuman level (SCP-098 is a species of previously unknown crustacean, sitting around 40 centimeters tall and as large as 60 centimeters across), Higher with Penetration Damage (The front limbs terminate in knife-like structures that incorporate silica to form an extremely sharp edge)
Durability: Subhuman level
Striking Strength: Subhuman Class
Lifting Strength: Below Average Human Class
Travel Speed: Below Average Human Speed (Crab species generally move around 1-2 m/s)
Attack Speed: Below Average Human Speed
Reaction Speed: Below Average Human Reactions
Stamina: Superhuman (Speciments of SCP-098 are able to feed off their prey for several hours or several days without tiring)
Range: Below Standard Melee (SCP-098 members reach up to around 40 centimeters tall and as large as 60 centimeters across)
Intelligence: High Animalistic Intelligence (SCP-098 have shown an ability to remember patterns such as feeding and cleaning times and habitual movement of personnel entering their enclosure. Dr. Mann have taught several of them simple tricks, and they seem to understand the meanings of several commands. They are capable of vocalizations, using a larynx-like structure attached to primitive lungs. They can use these vocalizations to mimic the sounds the prey animal makes to confuse it or draw it into position)
Knowledge: High Animalistic level (SCP-098 normally poses little threat to adult humans preferring smaller spey such as dogs, cats, and small pigs, however, they have attacked larger prey when a sufficient number of specimens were present, or else other food was unavailable)
Powers and Techniques
Small Size (Bug-Sized; SCP-098 is a species of previously unknown crustacean, sitting around 40 centimeters tall and as large as 60 centimeters across), Aquatic Breathing (Speciens of SCP-098 are able to breathe both water and air, splitting their time between the two environments), Adaptation (Reactive; SCP-098 adapt quickly to changes in their environemnt), Natural Weaponry & Penetration Damage (The front limbs terminate in knife-like structures that incorporate silica to form an extremely sharp edge), Eusociality (SCP-098 demonstrates pack-hunting behavior when attacking prey. When specimens detect a prey animal, they will attempt to surround it), Voice Mimicry (Specimens of SCP-098 can mimic the sounds made by the prey animal they surround, confusing it or drawing it into position), Liquid Manipulation (SCP-098 specimens will spit a viscous mucus over cut wounds of its prey, where this substance hardens rapidly, preventing blood loss or infection, this continues until the prey animal is completely immobilized)
Equipment
Nothing notable.
Other
Weaknesses: Nothing notable.
Containment Records
None.
None.