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I'm liking this one (The picture really helps). It's a creepy predator that works in a cool way, and it actually makes sense for this to turn you into something like it.
However, there's a little error in the description.
"When presented with live prey, SCP-1027 will apparently merge with its nervous system, draining neurotransmitter agents over time, leading ultimately to death. However, when exposed to a living or recently deceased (less than 12 hours prior to exposure), SCP-1027 will instead infiltrate the brain through the auditory canal."
No upvote until this is explained or corrected. ;) Also, you need to add a noun after "living or recently deceased (less than 12 hours prior to exposure)".
Attached are the basic sensory structures associated with human functioning, including sensory nerve structures, eyes, and cochlea.
If eyes are included because they house "sensory nerve structures", wouldn't it include the tongue as well?
Probably not the WHOLE tongue, but maybe a branch with the taste buds etc. That's probably laying in a heap that's currently blocked off from view by the brain.
Then wouldn't it just include the retinas, rather than whole eyes?
I really like this one. It tells you just enough about what this is, but leaves a fair amount to the imagination. That, and it's just plain creepy. Upvoted.
Holy crap did that picture scare me. The writing is superb. +1 for you, and I wish I could vote again.
I have two issues with this. The first was mentioned earlier with another mistake. I fixed the other mistake, but ignored the main complaint:
When presented with live prey, SCP-1027 will apparently merge with its nervous system, draining neurotransmitter agents over time, leading ultimately to death. However, when exposed to a living or recently deceased (less than 12 hours prior to exposure) human, SCP-1027 will instead infiltrate the brain through the auditory canal.
You have it doing two different things for living prey.
Secondly:
Consumption takes place by a process similar to osmosis, in which the neuroglia of SCP-1027 extract and absorb certain compounds. The exact process through which this is accomplished is unknown.
Granted, I remember very little from my bio class, but I'm fairly certain the process would be similar to diffusion, not osmosis. Osmosis is a specific type of diffusion that involves a semi-permeable membrane and water (as a solvent). If it does not have both of those things, it is called just called diffusion. Even if the exact process is unknown, we can see it extracts "certain compounds," which I think we can assume means either "not water" or "water, and other things."
However, biology was not my best subject, so feel free to correct or ignore me if I'm wrong.
While Tsunoba is correct, osmosis is technically just about water, the word is used to refer to all sorts of diffusion across cell barriers even in most technical articles. It's one of those things were the common usage has overwhelmed the technical definition, even for the technically minded who ostensibly know better. I think changing it is unnecessary and would just confuse some readers.
This article makes me want to know more. Can they talk? Do they care about anything except neurotransmitters to eat and human nervous systems to reproduce with? And as a general rule, I upvote any article that engages me enough to make me curious. Good job.
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