 Item number SCP-889 Object Class Euclid Special Containment Procedures SCP-889 has been completely sealed with concrete, saved for a single airlock entrance for research purposes. The building is surrounded with a standard security fence and written warnings under the cover of a government medical research facility. For the next one year, a mobile task force is to take bimonthly sweeps of the surrounding countryside. Any pre-containment products of SCP-889 are to be neutralized and or captured and brought to Bioresearch Area 32. Local rumors or sightings concerning strange animals are to be pursued with utmost diligence. A quarterly swab is to be made of the interior of SCP-889. If any prokaryotes are discovered exhibiting the effect of SCP-889, or if any staff members contract an unusual illness, SCP-889 is to be incinerated and sealed indefinitely. All staff members and equipment are to be decontaminated fully. Description SCP-889 is an abandoned cattle barn located several miles north of Montana, USA. A series of farming buildings in various states of disrepair surround SCP-889. No signs of human habitation are nearby and no information is available concerning current or previous owners. Within SCP-889, a combination of male and female animal or plant gametes from any two species produces viable offspring. This process occurs through a novel rearrangement of chromosomes during fertilization. In cases where gametes of different genome size or of different ploidy meet, chromosomes are often doubled or combined. The full extent of the progression is still under research. While mechanical considerations such as animal size, genital structure, and internal versus external fertilization often prevent dissimilar species from mating, methods of artificial fertilization are effective in 90% of trials. Combinations of genes and traits in offspring conceived within SCP-889 are generally evenly split between the male and female parents. However, biological aspects such as body size, blood type, and homeostasis are necessarily parallel to the female parent. Hybrids are in all cases sterile and there is a direct correlation between the genomic dissimilarity of parents and the lifespan and genetic fitness of offspring. SCP-889 is also exhibited limited capability to interfere with the interest species recognition of animals, making non-conspecific animals within SCP-889 much more likely to attempt to mate. For this reason, care should be taken when exposing human beings to SCP-889. SCP-889 has not demonstrated any observable effect on asexual or unicellular organisms. Cross-testing between kingdoms has been similarly unsuccessful. SCP-889 is maintained under the jurisdiction of Bio-Research Site 32. A small breeding facility has been erected near SCP-889 to provide test animals and laboratory capabilities. Experiment log, 889A. A number of hybridizing experiments were conducted between 2009 and 2010 using SCP-889. All experiments were conducted using artificial insemination. A selection of relevant tests is included below. Experiment 889A1 Date 2009 Male parent Albino laboratory rat Radis norvegicus Female parent Albino laboratory rat Radis norvegicus Gestation time 21 days Number of offspring 7 Notes This experiment was conducted as a control. Results were normal. Adult offspring healthy, average 22 centimeter in length. Experiment 889A2 Date 2009 Male parent American cockroach Paraplaneta americana Female parent Albino laboratory rat Radis norvegicus Gestation time 21 days Number of offspring 14 Notes Adult offspring 15 centimeters in length. Brownish Kitenous Segmented Hexapedal Tailless More skittish than standard lab rats. Mouth parts are irregular and in some cases useless. Dissection reveals standard mammalian homeothermic system. Experiment 889A3 Date 2009 Male parent Bull Boastaurus Female parent Cat Phyllis silvestris catus Gestation time 98 days Number of offspring 1 Notes Adult offspring 50 centimeters in length. Exhibits bovine skull and facial structure, but feline body type and size. Notably less agile than an average cat. Prefers to feed upon grass. Dissection reveals a typical bovine pre-gastric rumen. Experiment 889A4 Date 2009 Male parent Bajeragar Melopsitakis Dondolatus Female parent Atlantic salmon Salmosalar Gestation time 19 days Number of offspring 12 Notes Adult offspring average 40 centimeter in length. Greenish blue. Scales are striated and elongated, causing considerable drag in water. Pectoral fins are extended and wing-like. Use pectoral fins for awkward flight movement, rather than standard flexion-driven swimming. Specimens have small curved beaks and preferentially feed by scraping algae from rocks. Experiment 889A5 Date 2009 Male parent Sweetcorn Zia-Maze Female parent Western red cedar Thuja placata Germination time Varied Number of offspring 257 Notes Summer spring plants show extreme variation between specimens, but have been roughly classified into several broad varieties. 51 Corn trees. Otherwise normal red cedar specimens that yield ears of corn instead of normal cones. Analysis revealed kernels to be non-toxic. Test subjects describe the taste as odd, but not bad. 52 Corn cone stalks. Otherwise normal corn specimens, which grow ears enclosed by hard scales. Kernels similar to those from 51. 53 Corn cone trees. Otherwise normal red cedar specimens, which produce small ears of corn enclosed in hard scales instead of normal cones or normal ears. Resultant corn was described by test subjects as disgusting. 54 Red cedar stalks. Organisms with herbaceous corn-like central stems. And woody red cedar-like lateral branches. 55 Variegated red cedar. Red cedar trees, which produce both green and yellow needles. Yellow needles are in fact heavily modified corn kernels, which are not arranged into any flower or cone-like structure. Corn bread made from these needles was described by testers as delicious. 56 Hard corn plants. Producing kernels with tough bark-like shells. 57 Needle corn plants. Producing kernels similar in shape to cedar needles and otherwise conventional ears. Variety 572 also possesses a woody trunk. Yearly growth cycles and varieties of species 889A5 have tended to mirror those of the more genetically similar parent in each case. While all hybrids produced using SCP-889 or sterile, reproduction by cuttings and tissue culture is successful. The resulting specimens display no unusual variation from the mother plant. Rehybridization using the first-generation offspring of transplanted individuals has not yet been attempted. Experiments 889A9 through 16 were conducted under the Farago Project. Access is restricted. 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