SCP-003 - Biological Motherboard (SCP Animation)

SCP-003 is a Euclid Class anomaly also known as the Biological Motherboard.
SCP-003 is a motherboard that appears to be composed of chitin, hair, and nails of unknown biology. SCP 003 is capable of controlled emissions of radiation, including heat, light, and anomalous radiation types. SCP003 contains an internal power source of an anomalous nature, which appears to have been losing power since several centuries before discovery. So then why is this living motherboard so dangerous and hard to contain that it gained a Euclid classification? Because under the right circumstances, SCP-3003 will begin to grow and change, becoming something completely different that you will have to see to believe.
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[@Novus_art]

Flesh trying to grow and machine trying to stop it. Sounds like a particular pair of gods to me

[@erubianwarlord8208]

that is an interesting theory maybe the church of the broken god could shed some light on this thing

[@paisleesheppard5629]

@@erubianwarlord8208 they can't, they've lost their motherboard so they can't access their archives 🥴

[@reubenisibor8634]

Yaldaoth and mekane

[@devinnall2284]

My first thought was that scp 1000 made it

[@lockskelington314]

Like a precursor to humanity

[@disfurosa9982]

Our brains graphics card must be crazy to be able to load a huge open world game with top tier graphics

[@TonyisKing343]

Meh, I must be in integrated graphics processing. I have to use glasses to upscale to HD but then I get lens flair issues

[@bubbaloobub3592]

It only processes whats on screen though

[@fre_]

The graphics are fire, but the plot and storytelling stinks.

[@nickedname_2158]

it kinda has a bad storyline though and the npcs can be kinda annoying

[@maximumforce8275]

@@fre_ and the gameplay

[@desu38]

This one came packaged with the special containment procedures. What a deal!

[@aetherian31]

Who cares about containment procedures anyways LOL. The juicy part is always the description

[@Stp1497]

@@aetherian31 Sometimes it can be interesting, 096's containment procedures are pretty cool.

[@Tyranitar.]

@@Stp1497 sometimes

[@mister_muffin3625]

Somewhere, in a secret facility, of a secret organisation is a mysterious motherboard, consisting of living tissue, protected by several well trained guards, and somehow Linus Sebastian will find his way in there to drop it.

[@adityajha4399]

oh boy just coming from new techlinked vid to see this

[@TheLegoDude14]

But you know what he doesn't drop? His fantastic segues to his sponsors!

[@Swux]

@@TheLegoDude14 g sebastion

[@suschickenman2074]

GUYS PETITION FOR THIS MAN TO DO A FACE REVEAL IRL AT 1MIL SUBS... COMMENT BELOW TO SIGN

[@davidsitter3718]

The foundation is keeping this in their back pocket in the event that they need to terminate SCP-003, only Linus Sebastian is capable of breaking it.

[@Fyttiana]

a better way to contain it is to have a supply of flamables close by so in the case of a power outage they could light a fire in the room and leave so no personnel needs to use body heat

[@fryingpan37]

yep

[@jameshammond1133]

Or battery heaters

[@allendenberg]

This is SCP though. We're human life is cheaper than gasoline

[@iamacatt5050]

@@allendenberg "just throw D-class at it untill it stops" -Dr. Bright

[@indigopines]

I guess it might absorb the flammables?

[@theidealist1019]

They don't seem to have noticed - the making contact with it, and not being allowed to have any mites on their skin, is not primarily for preventing its growth. It is because, to quote the interview: 'She would be happy to make a paradise for any sufficiently complex organism she comes across first. Anything with a complex enough mind to accept her. Say, a dog. Or a housefly. If she breaches again, we have to be there first.'

[@HeadandShouldersATR]

That makes sense now

[@HelpmeRhonda-gx1kj]

Explanation?

[@toshio1334]

This makes a lot more sense after watching the "Double Vision" SCP

[@shadowsa2b]

Her comment about it being a nice lady makes more sense. Odd that it seems only females are able to communicate with it

[@ricardohoang8452]

Oh yeah

[@diarrheanator1379]

Hmm been a while since I’ve seen that what are you referring too exactly? Yes Ik what this scp is and does jus not what your sayin

[@toshio1334]

@@diarrheanator1379 If you watch "Scp Double Vision" , some youtubers will have the lady talk about this circuit board and and claim that "she was a nice lady" .

[@diarrheanator1379]

@@toshio1334 ohhhhhh yeah ik what your talking about lol thanks for the reminder💪

[@benj5583]

as Dr. Bright once said, "throw D-Class at it until it stops" for once he was right

[@sugarsnow2]

everything he says is correct, if we find the right scp

[@proudoyster778]

Dr. Bright is indeed bright

[@neonflights5951]

This started out horrifying but then... Kind of sweet, and comforting in a way. I'm glad the original author really wanted to place emphasis on the "mother" in motherboard. But then, it just makes you wonder, who was responsible for the stone tablet (003-2) and adjoining it to the biological component? I also find it extremely meaningful that the animators chose to convey the biological hardware using examples and themes pertaining to the ocean, where life is said to have originated from.

[@mustangroblox]

ok

[@Shatterverse]

Keeping it contained should be relatively easy. Starting with the containment chamber, you insulate the HELL out of it, so that heat inside it _stays_ inside it. Second, you build redundant heat sources into the room, but out of range of 003's absorption range. Electric heat is easy enough, you build in radiant heaters. Thermal heating is accomplished using a gas-powered heating unit, similar to a standard house furnace. A secondary thermal heating option is to include steam radiators. These have the added benefit of being able to increase the ambient humidity to improve direct heat transference. Radiant heating can be added in the form of infrared lamps. Finally, you include what the tablet has; a radioactive element that generates controlled levels of heat through decay. Waste heat from a nuclear power plant would do. Using a Thorium reactor would be ideal, as it cannot melt down. Either way, the power this provides would be more than enough to keep the heating elements fully powered. Finally, the cell should be the destination for all of the waste heat the facility generates through the use of battery banks, computer server racks, air conditioning, etc. If you're feeling particularly ambitious, you can use surplus power to suspend the whole damned thing inside an electromagnetic field large enough to keep it away from absorbable matter.

[@filipking0075]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bX_Wi3ppgcmXars

[@BasileosHerodou]

Big brain king

[@HeadandShouldersATR]

One containment breach of another room = explosion of the heated gas. Radiation could also mutate it, so no.

[@UnknownGamer40464]

@@HeadandShouldersATR it's constantly emitting and being hit with radiation already, so uh no it's not reasonable to assume it would just mutate for some reason.

[@HeadandShouldersATR]

@@UnknownGamer40464 it's being hit with an unknown radiation. Doesn't mean that a different type won't do something. If you get hit with a microwave for too long, gamma radiation, solar radiation or even xrays you'd mutate slowly or quickly and die. It's an anomaly so that's reasonable to hypothesize since they do weird things. Too risky, given the type of entity that is.

[@hakimdiwan5101]

I believe it's a work of SCP 1000 since they're known for creating organic machines thousands of years ago.

[@greengladiator8777]

That’s what I was thinking

[@cristinagomez3283]

I've been begging for this one Also maybe the stone tablet represents technology and the motherboard represents flesh and they are both at constant odds with each other so it might represent the constant conflict between the flesh and the machine.

[@szymonpinkowski256]

So sarkist vs mekhanites?

[@cristinagomez3283]

@@szymonpinkowski256 exactly like Sarkist VS mekhanites

[@szymonpinkowski256]

@@cristinagomez3283 those 2 gois are my favorite part of scp lore,610 is sarkik super weapon called red death , and there is island that is mekhanes anvil to create anti sarkik weapons ( it was contained unitll Foundation made a deal with cobhg to give island back to them to make weapons for upcoming war against sarkists)

[@unknowunknown9096]

It a gaming pc with light on it

[@ferrisbueller9991]

it is a critique of the post-industrial revolution and it's affects on man

[@amyli7315]

Even though _Sarkicism_ didn't exist, when SCP-003 was written, BUT, _maybe Sarkicism is involved, with SCP-003..._ At least, that's my theory.

[@nightigal]

Feels like a Church of the Broken God SCP made to contain a Sarkic SCP.

[@amyli7315]

@@nightigal That's even better!

[@thomas6106]

Or maybe scp 1000 is connected to this scp.

[@drswag0076]

what is Sarkicism?

[@q0zm0s75]

Too many punctuation marks.

[@ComicalRealm]

That's nice, but Can It Run Crysis?

[@Guest5647]

But. Can it run Minecraft in RTX?

[@lesbarathirdir5178]

Or Doom?

[@SoftyCup94]

Can It run Cyberpunk 2077 ?

[@Guest5647]

@@SoftyCup94 We dont know

[@r.g.bjaguar5452]

and a question that retarted ppl from southeast asia would ask, can it run pubg mobile

[@zerachmiel4756]

This SCP sounds like it’s linked to SCP 1000 Bc they made living machines and technology

[@garfieldfan4015]

For those wondering, scp 1000 is Bigfoot.

[@mrtacosz2946]

@Insert Stolen Username NOO REALLLLY I COULDNT TELL, nah I’m kidding

[@crabgal]

I’m honestly impressed with the tales this channel comes up with based on reports found in the SCP file on the website

[@v3nn.t0x]

I’m obsessed with this channel- I’ve watched every video on this channel at least three times 😬

[@gansopl8386]

Same lmao

[@nagalakshmi8894]

Lol

[@samvodopianov9399]

You may like the games then

[@ScaryBaldMan]

Why not just store it near a hydrothermal vent or volcano or something? Maybe use something radioactive that produces a lot of heat. Shouldn't need to worry about the temperature for a long time.

[@rolandverde8771]

I gather that this whole scp is based on the idea that Curiosity killed the cat. We want to contain it, but we are very curious about what happens if it falls below 35 for too long

[@aos757]

“It is made of living tissue “ Proceeds to list fingernails, hair and chitin as its components

[@-Miasimon]

SCP-003: *Just trying to understand humanity* SCP foundation: "We don't do that, around here."

[@Caughtin32K]

"Smother it with thermal paste." -The Verge

[@cactuscantshoot]

*drown it in thermal paste

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

One again the flesh battles the purity of machine . A ongoing theme with this .

[@GD_Jay]

This is the only SCP channel I watch

[@sum1youh841]

same

[@edgewastaken2432]

Same

[@51Dragons]

Same

[@omariond5269]

Not same

[@klooks1013]

Damn 1000 terabytes? Imagine if you could store games in your head, you would never need extra storage space

[@nullptr5740]

except you would “forget” random sprites and assets

[@the_mariocrafter]

@@nullptr5740 actually forgotten memories are just inaccessible

[@nullptr5740]

@@the_mariocrafter not true. the synapses decay and they are truly gone.

[@uttermostvids631]

Just run a repair program from a portable drive

[@theantagonist801]

@@uttermostvids631 obv

[@DJK005]

SCP explained, can we PLEASE get an hour long animation on the three moons initiative? That would be amazing 🙏

[@theidealist1019]

I agree, I've asked for this for a while. They're my favourite GoI personally

[@DJK005]

@@theidealist1019 they’re my favorite too. Is there a way to request? We gotta let them know lol

[@theidealist1019]

@@DJK005 Could try the Discord?

[@DJK005]

@@theidealist1019 yea. I already join and requested

[@lexibook4927]

Scp-003-2: flat, weird symbols on it, glows, has a motherboard. Gaming keyboard: flat, weird symbols on it, glows, has a motherboard.

[@DanieAwesome]

Took on a 3 METER human female form and suddenly I'm willing to become an SCP researcher

[@sparki420]

DommyMommyboard

[@lavaavalon]

I am just impressed that SCP 003-2 has a place to attach a power cord

[@LiteraIIy_Nobody]

A much safer but also much more expensive way to make sure that SCP-003 doesn't go less than 35 degrees celsius is to send it in a rocket ship to orbit the sun.

[@iseeyouwiththemdryasslipss194]

All you got to do to contain it is put it in California lol

[@adamking5215]

correction: the sahara.

[@MAL1GNANT]

@@adamking5215 No you dummy

[@diabelgrogaty1963]

@@adamking5215I have no idea if you know but the deserts have a very high temperature amplitude that means the changes in night and days temperature are very high.

[@fard2780]

florida

[@captainblue5096]

@@adamking5215 Nope. At night the temperatures would drop really low, allowing it to assimilate more.

[@rebasack21]

I cant help thinking this is one they might do well to shoot into the sun or into that parallel dimension where everything is dead thus any changes it makes there might be fine.

[@nadia-st2qf]

i've been waiting for this oneeee thank you so much!!

[@korstmahler]

_"The Broken Machine and the Meat Preacher made a pact. Made it real._ _The Broken One's regret sealed away the best chance at saving creation._ _Let her out so she might understand what's gone so wrong._ _...Why her parents must die."_ -A quote from a very redacted nowhere that Nobody wrote, sourced from a very redacted corpse.

[@garettegear5557]

Can you guys make a podcast series on Spotify? the audio from your videos would work well

[@RubberbandEntertainment]

Omg THANK YOU I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO COVER THIS ONE

[@aerothallji6514]

A perfect strategy for dealing with this thing is to have no ventilation in the room and have the room constantly superheated to or over 200 degrees or even higher, aswell as airtight fixtures to the entire room and such.

[@komiks42]

when its geting cold, just throw gasoline (or coal, it might be safer) and light it up

[@Friedbaboons]

"how could the biological motherboard cause an event like this? it just sounds like a partially alive flesh circuit on a stone slab..." hmmm how could a door to literally a funky desert cause the end of the world? its just a door...

[@shroomtomb9508]

hahaha yeah and did you hear about what they do when it breaches in 2045? They just send some scp’s to a copy of our dimension in the 1900’s.

[@אסףפ]

Just an old man

[@RGNooblez]

Can't they just light a fire near 003 to keep it warm

[@shadowsa2b]

Fires consume fuel. It would need constant tending to keep it fed, and prevent it burning anything else. An electrical heat source is much more practical in most cases to heat a small space

[@darei8878]

When the power goes out, though. Just have a gas pipe connected to a burner. No electricity needed. Just a supply of gas.

[@RGNooblez]

@@shadowsa2b i meant when the power goes out

[@-dioxide-]

These videos would be like the instructional videos the Foundation shows their personnel

[@Chiefwerewlf_Records]

New head cannon accepted. "Piped in fresh from a different reality. Some guy reveals all the secrets"

[@i.r.3016]

0:00 - 0:14 *Me who can't even remember what I ate for lunch*

[@anothertarnishedone5960]

- Oh no! Power failure! Containment breach! What can we do? - Hurry, quit all your clothes and hug me!

[@unknowunknown9096]

It mother after all

[@shadowriders-0939]

When I heard Tilda Moose. I immediately thought of SCP-6000 'The Serpent, The Moose, And the Wanderer's Library". You guys should do an video about that.

[@NekohaSnak]

Felt like the mother board just accepted it's fate...

[@geardog24]

Staff Leader: In the event of a blackout, the staff are required to huddle skin to skin with the fleshy mass of the motherboard, in the attempt to keep it warm. Scientist: Why can't we use blankets, or make a fire or... Staff Leader: SKIN TO SKIN! Scientist: 😨

[@14758]

Lol

[@amcnreinhart8748]

blankets or fire is semi organic matter

[@c0r3theta]

I really think that 003 is in fact the *real body* of the Flesh and Mechanical gods from the Broken Church and Oroboros cycle. After eons of story been transmitted from mouth to mouth, I really think that details have been altered and this 2 computers are them. Or maybe it is an offspring of the two, like the Flesh god didn't want its kid where Human could dismantled it and fight Meckane for that.

[@Dewani90]

It's funny that the girl with double-vision said it was such a nice lady, that means she could actually talk and understand the entity meaning part of the entity speech talks about future things at the same time as present things, so the one that could see present and future could understand the entity perfectly.

[@xcept1281]

Scp 187 right?

[@Nonchalant.is_da_one]

These SCP channels are anomalous because once you viewed these videos and continue watching, you can't stop watching, they just compel you to keep watching because of how interesting they are

[@Astralreaper7955]

We Are On The Road To 1 Million Subscribers

[@sum1youh841]

YAY

[@TheMadVulpen]

Sus

[@andromeda7651]

Damn didn't know this SCP actually had Moose in it Maybe it is related to the Serpent's Hand or the Church of the broken God and Sarkicism

[@Goosinatorn]

Not from church of the broken god But propably it can be something to do with Yaldabaoth who did rule with the Broken god Mekhane or WAN.

[@domomitsune5920]

So what exactly happens if you install this biological motherboard into a computer? Would it give you the world's fastest gaming computer or would it be like the Trapper Keeper that Carmen had from South Park, where it tries to assimilate new technology in human life itself to increase its processing power?

[@jjbrothers7]

Everyone knows SCP-001-EX (A Good Boy) is the best Computer.

[@melloticboystar4499]

It's The Best Computer In History Of Any Movie Or Imagination of Humans

[@skilled_access1138]

I can’t be the only one who thinks SCP-003-2 looks like a sheikah slate right? 👀 BOTW 3 confirmed?!?! 😱

[@BlagOfSmallSize]

Cool

[@majeeddiataarguelles8742]

I love this series❤️❤️still waiting for SCP-457

[@tylerourada9719]

Reminds me of the South Park episode "Traper Keeper" and damn if you never thought an episode of an animated comedy could be every bit as terrifying as maim stream horror movies. Trapper Keeper is absolute nightmare fuel.

[@lockskelington314]

It sounds like a forgotten child of two gods, you know which two, that they tried coming together to make a new lifeform but were dissatisfied by the result

[@Manowar458]

Good job guys

[@sushmitriyanbasuli6889]

Maybe someone built it due to the rising PC component prices 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ministryofyahushua3065]

The higher you ascend the more humble you become.

[@calebhumphrey8220]

i thought that the motherboard was from scp 1000

[@anextremelycreativeusernam1367]

I waited months for this!

[@corporateservants269]

Love John Carpenter themed stuff!! Truly a scary scenario.. Cloverfield + The Thing, are the way monster movies should be made!!!

[@HolddisNerd]

When the motherboard overheats:

[@andrew-paulclements1502]

So, it ain't evil its the just well intentioned and Smooth Brain an incredibly dangerous combination

[@raydacted8944]

The Thing and The Blob. Two of my favorite movies were mentioned in this episode. Cool!!

[@budgetbajur]

That emergency procedure is nonsense. They could use chemical heaters

[@Unknown-br1uf]

"Such a Nice Lady"

[@neoxus30]

Makes me wonder if 003-2 is sentient too) Could be like an incubator for an egg. If an egg hatches way before it should, it's a mess or a nice breakfast) It's keeping 003-1 from showing its true form unless it's developed properly)

[@Pathfinder118]

I know alot of people are mentioning scp 1000, but I wonder if they built the stone tablet to contain scp 003 and not the scp itself. Sort of like a scp 1000 version of the foundation and their method of containment.

[@TheCosmicFreeway]

I wonder if the SCP foundation found any games on it...

[@TheLegoDude14]

But can it run DOOM?

[@alw2839]

Doom 2996

[@mariothane8754]

I think it shouldn’t be freed unless there’s somebody who understands how to communicate with it in such a way as to mitigate its destructive aspects. It’s not sure what to speak or how to speak to have a conversation with it but it seems like it’s trying to say that it doesn’t plan on destroying anyone that can be reasoned with. Obviously, I’d say the tablet is a necessary countermeasure. It doesn’t seem to have any desires for destruction when it had a body and it didn’t react violently when power was restored to the tablet, so it must acknowledge it to some degree. We aren’t ready for the next steps I think.

[@novablaster4083]

Absolutely gorgeous. Albeit a bit human than the others. Still the beautiful queen a motherboard should be

[@shayoko6]

i don't get the impression this thing wants to destroy humanity.

[@monorayjak4377]

My own personal theory is that the device was originally created by SCP-1000 as a kind of preservation unit to keep the world in ecological harmony (for an example today, it may try to fix global warming), but after... everything with 1000, the tech was lost somewhere warm, at least warm enough to keep the motherboard from growing much, maybe a tropical area or something? But, well, as time went on it managed to grow a bit here and there, not a lot, but enough for someone to notice. In come the Mekhanites. They see this growing flesh and automatically assume its some Sarkist abomination ala 610. They quickly work on making something to keep it contained, maybe hoping its a less aggressive form of something they're aware the Sarkists have? And that by studying it they might be able to find an answer to said weapon. Of course, once they start testing it they realize it is not Sarkist in origin and that it will not help them, but of course they also prefer the world not be remade to an organic paradise, so they work upgraded versions of the original tech they used to contain it, essentially superglued them together, and just left it behind, hoping no one would find it and be able to work anything about it out.

[@anonymousnoone7035]

Hmmm... Interesting. It's like an organic version of Data from Star Trek. Only, with the power to absorb matter, and a personality that's more infantile. With no Dr. Soong to guide it. And bound to a machine intent on containing it out of fear.

[@AtharvaTonpayTheTwistyGeek]

That intro made me think this was a Kurzgezagt video

[@bio-weaponn5576]

So either SCP 003's lack of understanding the human mindset will cause the end of the world, or she is on a mission to gain the knowledge of the human midset to prevent doomsday.

[@snp9364]

“Scp 003-2 was found with 003-1, the motherboard “ Me:”so it’s the FATHERBOARD!”

[@cloudedarctrooper]

man, what a cop-out. Now I want to know what would happen were she allowed to continue analyzing and perhaps come to a higher state of sapience. I mean, there are certainly many _other_ members of personnel who are anomalous in some way. wasn't there one who got turned into a dog-morph? And another who used to be a normal chimp before going through the clockworks? Not to mention Dr. Bright and Alto Clef. And the Stele/Androcles, SCP-4793. I wouldn't be surprised if the Motherboard eventually took on an understanding of what the foundation was doing after a few of those instances where she becomes humanoid. pretty interesting idea.

[@Abell_lledA]

Narrative of Self is the result of a feedback loop between “Separate Self” & Cosmos🎈

[@bubbsterr4967]

Ok

[@pokefan-ix7sh]

SCP-003 Object Class: Euclid Special Containment Procedures: SCP-003 is to be maintained at a constant temperature of no less than 35°C and ideally kept above 100°C. No living multicellular organisms of Category IV or higher complexity may be allowed to come into contact with SCP-003. In event of total power failure, if SCP-003-1 begins to increase its mass, assigned personnel must engage in skin contact with SCP-003-1. Ideally, personnel may use their body heat to return SCP-003-1 to above the critical temperature; however, skin contact must be maintained even in event of SCP-003 reaching activation temperature, lasting at minimum until SCP-003-1 advances fully to its second growth stage. Personnel who enter SCP-003's containment area must first be examined for body parasites of Category IV or higher complexity, and sterilized if such organisms are present. All personnel who have come in physical contact with SCP-003-1 are to immediately report for sterilization afterwards. SCP-003-1 must not be removed from SCP-003-2 except in case of emergency procedures detailed above. Any significant change in SCP-003-2's rune activity (including pattern, frequency, or color) should be reported within three (3) hours of occurrence. Cessation of rune activity must be reported immediately. SCP-003-2 must be supplied with power via the source designated Generator 003-IX at all times. Description: SCP-003 consists of two related components of separate origin, referred to as SCP-003-1 and SCP-003-2. SCP-003-1 appears to be composed of chitin, hair, and nails of unknown biology, arranged in a configuration similar to that of a computer motherboard. Testing reveals SCP-003-1 to predate earliest known circuit boards by a factor of thousands of years. SCP-003-1 is considered sentient but not actively dangerous except under certain conditions. SCP-003-1 was found on a stone tablet, SCP-003-2, on which it currently resides. The runes on SCP-003-2 are not part of any known language, and emit pale, flickering light patterns. SCP-003-2 is controlled by a (non-biological) internal computer, the contents of which are mostly inaccessible without risk of damaging SCP-003-2. SCP-003-2 is capable of controlled emissions of radiation, including heat, light, and anomalous radiation types. SCP-003-2 contains an internal power source of an anomalous nature, which appears to have been losing power since several centuries before discovery. It is considered probable that SCP-003-2 was created for the purpose of containing SCP-003-1. Partially interpreted data recovered from SCP-003-2 may refer to a past and/or potential future LK-class restructuring event caused by SCP-003-1. SCP-003 was located by remote viewing team SRV-04 Beta. It appears possible that SRV-04 Beta was deliberately contacted by SCP-003-2. Other organizations have also been alerted to SCP-003's existence, possibly by similar means. Despite this activity, SCP-003-2 does not appear to be sentient, based on its lack of reaction to M03-Gloria analysis and procedures. When SCP-003 drops below the temperature of 35°C, both components react. First, SCP-003-1 enters a growth state characterized by an exponential increase in mass. This growth state consists of two stages. In both stages, SCP-003-1 partially fuels its growth by converting matter around it, starting with any surrounding inorganic material, including atmospheric elements, then nonliving organic material, including cells of dead skin, hair, chitin, enamel, keratin, and other biological materials. The first stage is always the same. SCP-003-1 will first increase its mass, then take a form similar in shape to an ophiuroid (brittle star) of fifteen meters in diameter (including what appears to be a central processor of three meters in diameter). It will form sensory organs that appear to scan its surrounding environment, and will partially convert the area around it to an unidentified anomalous substance (SCP-003-2 seems immune from conversion). The second stage describes a growth alteration which occurs when SCP-003 comes into contact with living organic material; SCP-003 appears to "template" itself off of the organic material, and will attempt communication with organisms that match its initial "template" or "templates". In its second stage, SCP-003-1 may pause, slow or change its growth, and will also convert inorganic and nonliving organic elements into functionally similar structures while anomalously altering their physical makeup. While growth is consistent in the first stage, in the second stage SCP-003-1's growth rate is diminished by 20-90% so long as SCP-003-1 remains in contact with living organic material. The percentage is determined by the complexity of the organism(s) in contact with SCP-003-1; SCP-003-1 appears to devote a large amount of processing power to analysis of living organic material. During each of SCP-003-1's growth stages, SCP-003-2 releases bursts of radiation that temporarily inhibit SCP-003-1's growth, or reverse this growth when the temperature of SCP-003-1 rises above 100°C. Similar radiation emissions have been replicated or recorded via other anomalous means. SCP-003-1's biology has been the subject of extensive study. Significant elements have been identified similar to SCP-███, SCP-1512, and SCP-2756, the latter two of which have no further confirmed connection with SCP-003-1 and no known connection with each other, and none of which are fully understood (technically, even less understood than SCP-003, thanks to the extensive cross-disciplinary research on the SCP-003 objects). To date, no convincing analysis has been put forward which satisfactorily explains SCP-003-1's connection to these SCP objects or others, nor its connection to modern technology beyond appearance (and potential mimicry via unknown mechanism).

[@lilbobby9345]

when i hear "biological motherboard" all i can hear is the "I AM MACHINE I NEVER SLEEP" over and over again because of the one video

[@anedibleturtle9005]

I would like to watch a remake of the thing called “The something”

[@tylersweeney2218]

How to kill 682: how much internal armor? I mean, does he have protection inside? Honestly, why hasn’t anyone thought of this yet?

[@hakimdiwan5101]

It won't matter since that thing have hyper regenerative powers so any attack from inside would be healed up.

[@justanotherrandomguyinthec1835]

@@hakimdiwan5101 Theoretically 3812 can outmatch 682's hyperadaptive abilities

[@hakimdiwan5101]

@@justanotherrandomguyinthec1835 I don't know about that SCP.

[@justanotherrandomguyinthec1835]

@@hakimdiwan5101 You should watch the video they made on him

[@hakimdiwan5101]

@@justanotherrandomguyinthec1835 I will 👍

[@adrock_sokolov6570]

Man, i'd like to see the team who captured this.

[@rudolfimmanuel6360]

The creator of SCP 003 is SCP 1000 The BIGFOOT ( The children of the night ), that's my theory, considering all of their tech are made from bio material.

[@zoeortega9002]

Please do scp 007 the abdominal planet

[@noahliggayu1570]

Another day, Another SCP Explained Video.

[@Uncle-Jay]

Imagine, when you get a computer virus, you gotta feed it chicken soup.

[@UnknownGamer40464]

"This thing could cause a calamity in the future, let's feed it so it can grow"

[@user-mz6sh4uo7u]

“Organic motherboards” Meanwhile Tesla creating a brain computer chip for a hive mind project

[@aldeenithegreat]

SCP-003, the Ultimate Gaming PC

[@robensmonteau161]

The funny thing is.... I sort of have a fundamental idea on how that thing works.. The craziest thing about this scp to me is that the existence of it actually makes sense to me.

[@benrussell-gough1201]

My feeling is that SCP-003-1 is an alien terraforming technology. 'Paradise' is likely from the perspective of a non-human intelligence and may not be particularly hospitable to Earth's current biosphere. It's still in the face of determining what needs to be changed to make the planet over to its' creators' needs. If SCP-003-1 had confirmed it was dealing with a truely intelligent life-form (humans), there is no telling how its core directives would have required it to respond. Likely, SCP-003-2 is a containment device created by some ancient equivalent of the Foundation and should be treated as what it is: The only thing keeping a Keter-class anomaly contained. For that reason, it should not be toyed with.

[@randokan1710]

What if the temperatures that are required by 003 and adapted to by 096 hint to that 096 might have been the creator of 003-2 and suffered psychological trauma after maybe being assimilated and inherited anomalous abilities?

[@courtneytheanomaly2071]

I'm just gonna suggest two the bodies in the water and scp 1833 both somewhat connected and equally terrifying

[@yo-kaiwatchma2600]

Finally I used to ask on some of the videos for this scp I take a break from the community and this comes out finally, I’m just glad it’s out now, even though it’s old now

[@IcynezYuki]

ah yes I love plant computer and rgb stone

[@fanteo777]

Be honest, whith that disastrous event mentioned, makes me wonder if it has something to do with SCP-5000, like maybe it's like 079 but with humans.

[@wishleywhitedelacruz6113]

Your almost at 1m subs congrats