2/4607 LEVEL 2/4607

CLASSIFIED

Item #: SCP-4607

Safe

SCP-4607-A with various SCP-4607 organisms.

Special Containment Procedures: Two deep-sea surveillance drones are to be deployed for monitoring SCP-4607-A. Vocalizations recorded from SCP-4607 specimens during deep-sea surveillance are to be submitted for analysis.

Description: SCP-4607 is a complex localized ecosystem of anomalous deep-sea organisms inhabiting the carcass of an adult gray whale (designated as SCP-4607-A), composed of hagfish, sleeper sharks, abyssal sea cucumbers, squat lobsters and bone-eating zombie worms. Calculations indicate that SCP-4607-A will reach the sulfophilic stage1 in eight years.

SCP-4607 organisms have been observed to communicate with each other through emitting infrasonic vocalizations. Although these sounds are detectable by any standard equipment capable of recording audio, all communication attempts have failed since specimens in captivity have been unresponsive during testing.

SCP-4607-A was discovered by a team of marine biologists led by Site-113 oceanographer and acoustic ecologist Imogen Casbolt in 1987. SCP-4607-A was identified using scanning sonar technology at 1,240-m in the Cascadia Basin, northern Pacific Ocean. On 02/09/1987, during a deep-sea robotic exploration, the first series of vocalizations from SCP-4607 organisms were incidentally recorded.

▶ Open Video Log 4607-01

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Foreword: This transcript follows the recorded conversation involving two hagfish specimens. Vocalisations resemble a conversation between two male individuals between 20 to 25 years of age.

<Begin Log, 04:12:34>

The camera approaches the two specimens. Indistinct conversations are audible until the camera reaches sufficient proximity.

<04:12:55> I see

<04:12:59> Please leave me alone already

<04:13:07> What

<04:13:08> No

<04:13:14> The worms are here again

<04:13:15> No way

<04:13:15> Since when

<04:13:18> I don't know but chief is pissed

<04:13:21> Yeah, the whale's gonna reach the sulfophilic stage faster because of them

<04:13:23> We searched for this whale for like seven months

<04:13:23> We don't have time to find another one again

<04:13:27> We know

<04:13:29> Let's check the situation

One specimen appears to look at the camera.

<04:13:31> Wait

Silence for three seconds.

<04:13:34> Wait

<04:13:35> Whoa what is that

<04:13:38> It has lights

<04:13:40> It's called glowing

<04:13:42> What do you think is that

<04:13:46> Maybe another whalefallist

<04:13:51> Let me head closer

One specimen appears to swim into closer view.

<04:13:55> Oy what are you man

Silence for 22 seconds.

<04:14:17> It seems dead

<04:14:20> Yeah let's head back

Indistinct vocalisations are audible as both specimens swim out of view.

<End Log, 04:14:29>

Addendum: Additional Video Logs

▶ Open Video Log 4607-06

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Foreword: This transcript follows the recorded conversation involving three hagfish specimens and one sleeper shark. Vocalisations resemble a conversation between two male and two female individuals between 15 to 20 years of age.

<Begin Log, 04:26:34>

The camera approaches all specimens from the top view. Indistinct conversations are audible until the camera reaches sufficient proximity.

<04:26:40> What are you saying Stacy

<04:26:43> Oh god you're dumb

<04:26:47> Eat shit

<04:26:51> Cooperate please guys

<04:26:56> Sorry

<04:26:58> Go on Mike

<04:27:03> What I'm saying is

<04:27:05> We need the worms gone

<04:27:07> But how are gonna do that

<04:27:10> Let's attack them

<04:27:12> The hell

<04:27:14> Can we really just eat them

<04:27:18> Hey nobody said we're going to eat them

<04:27:20> Do we really have to

<04:27:23> We don't have much choice Mike

<04:27:24> You know what happened last time

<04:27:26> Our supposed food supply for five years was gone for like five weeks

<04:27:32> How the hell are these worms finding these whales anyway

<04:27:35> There are like trillions of them in the oceans

<04:27:37> You're exaggerating

<04:27:39> Am I

<04:27:42> Jude come with me

<04:27:45> Where are we going

<04:27:47> To the chief

<04:27:48> Okay

<04:27:52> You guys should come

<04:27:55> Do we have to

<04:27:58> Fine then stay here

One hagfish and the sleeper shark swims out of view. The remaining hagfish specimens remain silent for 7 minutes before resuming normal activity.

<End Log,04:28:02>

▶ Open Video Log 4607-07

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Foreword: This transcript follows the recorded conversation involving one hagfish specimen and one squat lobster. Vocalizations resemble a conversation between one human female between 15 to 20 years of age and a human male between 50 to 60 years of age.

<Begin Log, 12:17:05>

The squat lobster specimen seems to be consuming a portion of SCP-4607-A. Indistinct shouting is inaudible until both hagfish specimens swim into closer view.

<12:17:28> Chief I know what we're going to do

<12:17:30> Yeah Chief this is genius

<12:17:34> Not this again

<12:17:36> What is it

<12:17:38> Let's attack the worms

<12:17:40> Are you crazy

<12:17:42> Only whisper

Subsequent vocalizations appear to have lesser volume than normally recorded.

<12:17:49> We can't escape them and you know that

<12:17:55> For the hundreds of whale corpses we had why do this now

<12:18:00> It's just that

<12:18:02> It's just that I'm tired of scouring the oceans for dead whales

<12:18:07> There are less and less of them for the past years

<12:18:10> I'm not gonna eat marine snow

<12:18:13> Nor dead wood

<12:18:18> What are the odds of finding another whale than plastic waste

<12:18:22> I'm tired now chief

<12:18:25> We all are, Stace

<12:18:36> We'd deal with this like we always do

<12:18:38> But until when

<12:18:39> Just trust me

<12:18:44> For now try your best to avoid them

<12:18:46> I'll try

The hagfish swims out of view, while the squat lobster remains silent for 12 minutes before resuming normal activity.

<End Log, 12:18:55>

▶ Open Video Log 4607-10

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Foreword: This transcript follows the recorded conversations from Incident 4607-A, involving an estimated 70 Osedax deceptionensis specimens getting attacked by a hagfish. More hagfish, as well as other species, were also present in the incident.

<Begin Log, 17:30:28>

The hagfish and the sleeper shark approach a group of the Osedax worms attached on multiple rib bones of SCP-4607-A. Indistinct conversations increase in quality as the subjects swim in closer view.

<17:30:40> You parasites still here

<17:30:44> Leave now and don't ever come back

<17:30:46> Esuriit2

<17:30:49> I don't care leave this place

<17:30:55> Non nobis placere non consumamur inopia3

<17:30:57> You little

Multiple worms can be seen being eaten by a hagfish specimen

<17:31:01> Why did you do that Stacy

<17:31:04> You said we're just going to scare them off

<17:31:07> They will never leave

<17:31:10> I know but they're just like us

<17:31:13> Ubique sumus4

<17:31:17> Oh really

The same hagfish can be seen eating the Osedax for around 3 minutes.

<17:34:58> As easy as that

A squat lobster approaches from underneath a dislocated rib bone.

<17:35:06> Oh shit Stace your pops

<17:35:11> What have you done Stacy

<17:35:15> I just solved our problem

<17:35:18> Now we have eight years to enjoy this whale before finding another

Silence for 14 seconds.

<17:35:32> We have to go now Stace catch you up later

All other subjects except the squat lobster and one hagfish swim out of view.

<End Log, 17:35:38>

Update: After SCP-4607-A reached the sulfophilic stage on 01/25/████, research personnel from Site-113 captured and retrieved twenty SCP-4607 specimens for study. As expected, none of the captive SCP-4607 instances shown the same anomalous auditory properties as previously recorded. On 03/28/████, all captive SCP-4607 specimens attached with specialized underwater audio recorders were released on another whalefall on the Cascadia Basin. Research of SCP-4607 is ongoing.

Footnotes

1. The third stage of a whalefall ecosystem, where "sulfophilic bacteria" anaerobically break down the lipids embedded in the bones. Due to the toxicity of H2S, only resistant chemosynthetic bacteria survive.

2. Latin for "hunger".

3. "Not to us, please do not be consumed by destitution."

4. "We are everywhere."