@@willhuey4891 not a race, but it seems that their entire world is now engulfed in a total war, which could be easily avoided if the Foundation helped them.
One of the more creative SCPs. The author of this SCP, qntm, went on to make the very excellent Antimemetic Division story series. (Spoiler: 2256 is not actually extinct after all.)
@@AdministratorAccount-ms1xb I think it reflects the idea that specific data of the scp corrodes easily and the foundation used a broad term 'tall things' to lessen the corrosive effect i think
@Undead I think it's because the effect isn't permanent, and the moment it wears off all info of it is expunged from your mind. Like Forget-Me-Not from X-Men
A very sad SCP. In just a few years, nobody will ever remember, that _the very tall things_ ever existed...wait...what again? EDIT: _Knowledge is power..._
A way to maintain data of SCP would be to create a program that could duplicate and copy recorded data of the SCP indefinitely. That way as old copies of the data vanishes the duplicates remain to be once again duplicated.
New records of the SCP cannot be made, which means something makes the copying process impossible (never stated how exactly, maybe humans just forget to do it).
for anti-memes like this record solution: observer to the recorder describe it but in reference to another similar known creature. the recorder of the information will be recording information on another entity rather than what the observer is seeing. For example giraffe, you would use a description similar to the questing beast in Arthurian legend, all information will be relevant without being of the subject but instead some other mystirious entity. only when someone is informed that the questing beast is actually the description for the giraffe would it degrade internally.
I love the way you portray antimemetic scps. I hope you explore more of the Foundation's Antimemetic division and their fight against SCP-3125, the Colorless Green Fifth.
O5 council: what do we name this? Researcher: hm... it’s a very tall thing. Tha- O5 council: YES! Perfect. Give him a raise, bump him to l4 card! Yes!!! So good!
I personally think that they actually didn’t die or even being hurt at all. After they realize they are being observed, they strengthened their antimemetic camouflage and deceived the foundation personnel, foundation database and us viewers.
Wait, if knowing these things exist causes them to go extinct...........does that mean once everyone forgets them they will return?........... Also why are they Euclid class? Shouldn't they be classified as Neutralized since they don't exist anymore?
They are neutralized in the article if I recall correctly. Also the author implied in his tales that they went hard on the antimemetic camouflage, instead of dying.
@@Jake007123 alright, those were just 2 things that always bugged me whenever people made videos about this scp, granted ive only seen 2 and never red the article myself as of yet but i just wanted a second opinion
@@powerrangerkid16 Generally the very best way to finding out this kinds of details with SCP is just going to the article and reading it. I also tend to watch the first page of the discussion, since authors tend to clarify some things (and give thanks to those who helped them). The majority of SCPs you see on youtube are worth a good reading.
Being assigned to watch peaceful kaiju on a tropical island popping psycodelics all day to watch said kaiju? This is the closest thing to a relatively safe vacation in the SCP universe.
@@JojoEditor1970 Thanks for the answer. I didn't know now whether this is the last recorded death or the last of its kind that died. my english is not the best
The author itself made a sseries of tales about the Antimemetics Division where, among many other things happening, this SCP turns out to just have empowered its camouflage, instead of atually going extinct (some still died though).
perhaps this SCP is a representation of animals going extinct in modern times just turned up to 11, once they're gone they become forgotten as new generations never grow up with or knowing of them, and the memories by the few that did experience them in life slowly fade.
I’ve seen so many thing where when people say something like “haha there’s nothing there you crazy person!” Or “lol that’s not a monster that’s a blank!” To the point that if someone sees something and I don’t see the same I’d either believe them or think they are high.
Giant Dino Jesus Brachiosauruses: Is Starting to die cause a bunch of people in White Clothes are observing them SCP Scientists:Why is it dieing at Random?
The real question is, what kind of predators were not only big enough, but dangerous enough to make developing _anomalous camouflage_ necessary for their survival?
It is a theory (from the author's own tales about the Antimemetics Division) that they just reinforced their camouflage, making the Foundation think they went extinct. The entire hub of antimemetics division is pure gold and I recommend reading some of it at least.
anti-mimetic powers can be some what counteracted with computers and cameras that can quickly and continuously make copies of the file/photos. it would have to be faster than the anti-mimetic powers can delete them.
Me: *Looks what Object Class 2256 is* Me: Excuse me "The Foundation" may I have a talk to you, Why 2256 is Euclid even though it doesn't do anything then just walk around the water?
Well, althought it's technically safe in terms that it doesn't hurt anybody and doesn't negatively effects it's environment, it's still uncontained. I guess SCPs can only be labeled as "safe" if they are actually contained in some way, but SCP-2256 is very likely uncontainable. So that's why it is euclid, cause althought it probably won't harm anyone (if so, it would be keter) they are still unpredictable cause they can freely go wherever they want and do whatever they want.
Much like the hair on the back of your fingers, even if you've just noticed them now, doesn't mean you have to do anything about them. It's harmless and just existing there, so just leave it alone.
I believe it’s just the “Antimemetics Division”. I think the “hub” part refers to the fact that it’s a single wiki page that links to the entire canon, not a reference to the actual division.
when I was young i thought I saw one of those creatures while I was in the boat with my family I thought something was stuck in my eyes so I scratched my eyes for a bit but it was still there... (I couldn't see what color it was because it was covered by a huge cloud of rain) (The others didn't see it because they were looking in the other direction) yet.. the thing I saw somehow disappeared when the rain stopped (I wasn't sleeping i literally see that thing in my own eyes)
SCP-2256 Object Class: Euclid Special Containment Procedures: Information about SCP-2256 is subject to a gradual antimemetic corrosion effect. Corrosion occurs at differing rates depending on the level of detail/accuracy in the information and the physical complexity of the storage medium. In-depth academic papers, photographs, and information stored electronically decay rapidly; broad descriptions, pencil sketches and paperwork decay slowly. Therefore, this electronic database entry should describe SCP-2256 only in broad terms. Detailed information about SCP-2256's appearance, theorised evolutionary ancestry, biology, diet, behaviour, vocalisations, lifecycle, intelligence, ecological role and cultural significance should be stored in hard copy at Site 19, vault 1-053. The rate of corrosion in both data sources should be monitored carefully, although at present no technique is known for halting or undoing such corrosion. Although these antimemetic effects linger and rate Euclid classification, SCP-2256 itself is extinct and requires no special containment procedures. Description: SCP-2256 (Cryptomorpha gigantes) is a species of gigafauna which was endemic to the South Pacific Ocean around the islands of Polynesia. SCP-2256 was one of the very few recorded species known to have developed rudimentary perceptual/"antimemetic" camouflage, rendering them nearly impossible for other sentient beings to perceive or remember. This adaptation is theorised to have arisen in order to elude predators. SCP-2256 was the largest species to have lived on Earth. Resembling spindly, vertically elongated giraffes or brachiosauruses, adults of the species grew to over 1,000 metres in height. They weighed no more than 4 tonnes, with most of their mass being "camouflaged" by a very similar adaptation. With their broad, dish-shaped feet, they were able to walk directly on the surface of the ocean without sinking. SCP-2256 navigated the ocean alone or in ██████ of 2 to as many as 2,000 individuals. They were reluctant to approach land, especially inhabited islands, usually staying more than 30 kilometres offshore. Because of their height, they were visible on the horizon at this distance. Acquisition: Polynesian natives of the island of Maikiti used a substance called teùkoka for recreational and religious purposes. As well as being a moderate psychedelic, this drug had mnestic properties, suppressing antimemetic effects and making entities camouflaged in this way easier to see and remember. Thus, the Maikitians were for hundreds of years the only people able to see SCP-2256. In Maikitian mythology SCP-2256 were wandering spirits whom the gods had charged with maintaining the horizon, to ensure that the sky and the water never mixed. They were characterised as well-meaning and friendly, but unintelligent and often deficient in their duties, resulting in storms and typhoons. They were called polo'ongakau, "the ones who walk very slowly". In 1991 an internal biochemistry study revealed that teùkoka bore a strong chemical resemblance to the Foundation's own class-W mnestic. A Foundation anthropologist was assigned to follow ██ ██ the Maikitian legend, and became the first outsider to observe ███-2256. An observation ██████ was quickly ███████████ on the island to study the creatures. Routine containment analysis found that SCP-2256 was Safe and required no special containment procedures, or even particular ██████████ ██ secrecy. History: SCP-105 immediately proved to be impossible to capture photographically. Photographic negatives of the species faded into transparency over the ██████ ██ a few minutes. Similar decay ███████ affected videotape, audio tape, celluloid film, digital and electronic scans, ███. The observation team soon returned most of their equipment to inventory and proceeded using pencils and █████. At the time, it ███ believed that such recordings would be effectively permanent. SCP-2256's population declined slightly in 1992 and 1993, then dropped sharply from 1994 onwards. A combination of contributing factors were observed: illness, infertility and an ██████████ rate of stillbirths. In 2002 a field generator was developed which could penetrate and neutralise SCP-2256's antimemetic ██████████, allowing for conventional photography. The first and only close-up photograph of one of the creatures instantly killed it. It was concluded that direct observation of SCP-2256 is injurious to ████. This adaptation is believed to have arisen as a means of detecting predators, just as SCP-2256's antimemetic camouflage protected them from those same predators. Use of ███ █████ generator was immediately curtailed. It was subsequently hypothesised that the Foundation's ongoing passive observation of the species was intense enough to have harmful effects on SCP-2256, and that ████ was what was driving the species ████ extinction. Opinions differed sharply ████ ███ veracity of this hypothesis, over ███ thoroughly it should be tested, and over what ██████ be done if it proved to be true. Several extreme options were ██████████, including ██████████ exterminating ███-████ to preserve the data, and completely expunging the data to preserve ███-2256. No firm conclusions ████ █████. In 2003 observation of SCP-2256 was scaled back significantly, and the Foundation ████████ focus from gathering ███ data to analysing ████████ data. However, SCP-2256's population continued to ███████. The last individual died near Tokelau ██ October 30, 2006. In 2010 ██ ███ discovered ████ the antimemetic camouflage ██████, also characterised as "decay" or "corrosion", was spreading through paper records of ███-████. As of ████, more ████ 60% of █████ documents are ██████████, even with █ strong mnestic dose. The effect is even ████████ ████ ████ SCP entry itself, despite ███ ███ shielding and redundancy in ████ system. Since ███-████ ██ extinct, ██ new data █████ it can be generated. It is █████████ that full contamination ████ █████ ██████ three to eight years.
You'd think their engineering department would be able to come up with a quick fix. Using stone, metal precious gems or even glass to use in a way of making. That metal that is used in aircraft which extremely good corrosion and abrasion resistance. incanel or something like that
Couldn’t they make a program to keep rewriting the information to fast for the anti meme effect? Like you out in the information, it writes it on screen, it scans the screen, adds that information back into the code, then rewrites it again, and so on, and keeps reseting the information as it rewrites it.
"Very Tall Things."
-My damaged brain when someone asks "what the hell are those?"
Me too buddy, me too
Yes
Another cursed memw
Memw
Meme
When he started talking about passwords i half expected a VPN sponsorship.
Yes same lol
Makes 3 of us
@Unknown Unknown you look good in dark mode
@Unknown Unknown true but not as much
lol
“Just a tornado heading this way” he said calmly.
DUMBOEDORE SAID CALMLY
Yo the drug thing to block anti meme effect why u dont use it with scp 055?
Like operate a guy so he is always drugged and then make it your living scp 055 data storage
panic
Pfffft that's no defending spirit. Just a tornado you nerd..... Oh shit
This and "here be dragons" are genuinely sad.
Here were dragons is sadder
@@OrbInDaFrame oh yeah that race of dragons is extinct.
@@willhuey4891 not a race, but it seems that their entire world is now engulfed in a total war, which could be easily avoided if the Foundation helped them.
I wish I could have helped the here be dragons I would love them and keep them safe
@@danielm.595 well now its just a crystal of what it was
Literally
I've heard of a tale that the Very Tall Things aren't dead, their antimemetic armor evolved and became more powerful.
I remember this as well
@@AK-dp9ug
I don't remember
Experth
maybe it got more powerful the more they where observed?
This information should decwy very soon
One of the more creative SCPs. The author of this SCP, qntm, went on to make the very excellent Antimemetic Division story series. (Spoiler: 2256 is not actually extinct after all.)
Honestly the foundation getting lazy with the names lol. foundation call em "very tall things"
@@AdministratorAccount-ms1xb They never give them titles. Those are just informal names given by research staff for convenience...
@@AdministratorAccount-ms1xb I think it reflects the idea that specific data of the scp corrodes easily and the foundation used a broad term 'tall things' to lessen the corrosive effect i think
@Undead I think it's because the effect isn't permanent, and the moment it wears off all info of it is expunged from your mind. Like Forget-Me-Not from X-Men
I used work as 05 council at the scp foundation and this is true
"just a tornado heading this way" how did he say that so calmly
Nothing to worry about
Everything is fine
Hmmm, why are the trees flying
They were probably too high haha
Is they were smart they would know tornadoes don’t form in the water only hurricanes do...
1:52 "Thats just a tornado". One of the funniest lines i have ever heard.
_And its just charging at our own way_
Attack on titan
A very sad SCP. In just a few years, nobody will ever remember, that _the very tall things_ ever existed...wait...what again?
EDIT: _Knowledge is power..._
Wait what
Oh i get it
Recipe for filter that I never
Recipe for so tall that they never
Must the SCP between 54 and 56.
“It’s just a tornado heading this way.”
Says the people that most likely will die within 2 seconds.
LOL ;
Me, living in Midwest, would be fine with sitting outside and watching it
"very tall things" wow what a creative name
A way to maintain data of SCP would be to create a program that could duplicate and copy recorded data of the SCP indefinitely. That way as old copies of the data vanishes the duplicates remain to be once again duplicated.
Then the program would just dissapear
Create a program that copies the information infinitly and copies itself when erased
New records of the SCP cannot be made, which means something makes the copying process impossible (never stated how exactly, maybe humans just forget to do it).
._.
Maybe the information that have been fed to us was false
I think they are still around. They just got better at being forgotten.
That is the implied end to them in the Antimemetics Division hub from the same author.
These videos just get better day by day!
thank you, glad you like them
@@scpexposed please tell me the name of the background song
@@remuslazar2033 idk if they will reply
@@scpexposed great it was worth time
@@scpexposed heart this comment HEART IT!!
Nobody:
Babies when they see giraffes:
"very tawl things"
"it's just a tornado heading this way"
Ah yes just a normal day in the pulonisian island's
"Just a tornado coming at this way" Dumbledore said *calmly*
for anti-memes like this record solution: observer to the recorder describe it but in reference to another similar known creature. the recorder of the information will be recording information on another entity rather than what the observer is seeing. For example giraffe, you would use a description similar to the questing beast in Arthurian legend, all information will be relevant without being of the subject but instead some other mystirious entity. only when someone is informed that the questing beast is actually the description for the giraffe would it degrade internally.
I didn't read this but I will congratulate you for this achievement
Giraffes are very tall water animals that can turn invisible
I love the way you portray antimemetic scps. I hope you explore more of the Foundation's Antimemetic division and their fight against SCP-3125, the Colorless Green Fifth.
And you have become forgotten...
Great now we need another one that look like him
Ah yes, The anti-meme division. We've needed this for a long time.
I got so confused on why some fo the Dinos are censored 😂
Me to.
Same
Yeah same
If you look at them, they die
Dinohub
Me when I see the dude who's smiling while saying thats a tornado and it looks like its coming this way: why are you smiling
Plot twist: he's suicidal. That's his dream.
7:39 “Well that escalated quickly.”
it would be kinda cool if he deletes the video after a while just like the anomalous effects
He needs and deserves the money from the work, so not gonna happen.
@@Jake007123 true but it'd be kinda staying true to the lore
I love this one, in fact the whole antimemetics department story is one of my favorite SCP stories. I would highly recommend it.
Scp foundation: SO SECRET 10O%
Also me: watching this "dA spY*
Yes
Your bill nye the russian spy
Me watching this:
*SPEI*
*DaBaBy*
Thanks a lot for the subtitles :)
1:53
"Ha that's not a hallucination, Its just a tornado that's gonna kill all of us"
O5 council: what do we name this?
Researcher: hm... it’s a very tall thing. Tha-
O5 council: YES! Perfect. Give him a raise, bump him to l4 card! Yes!!! So good!
“It’s just a tornado heading this way.” No way anyone would calmly react to a oncoming tornado like that.
This was very informative. Thanks!
2:35 I am much less scared of this big dino boi but I am 10,000 times more scared of whatever the hell that thing considers its predators
You're stories are so much better than any SCP STORIES CHANNELS even better than Meet My Story.
What about tatstopvideos with their on-going narrative surrounding "watch"?
What about the rubber
I don't know
I personally think that they actually didn’t die or even being hurt at all. After they realize they are being observed, they strengthened their antimemetic camouflage and deceived the foundation personnel, foundation database and us viewers.
I love how you upload videos so quickly ♥♥♥
Wait, if knowing these things exist causes them to go extinct...........does that mean once everyone forgets them they will return?...........
Also why are they Euclid class? Shouldn't they be classified as Neutralized since they don't exist anymore?
They are neutralized in the article if I recall correctly. Also the author implied in his tales that they went hard on the antimemetic camouflage, instead of dying.
@@Jake007123 alright, those were just 2 things that always bugged me whenever people made videos about this scp, granted ive only seen 2 and never red the article myself as of yet but i just wanted a second opinion
@@powerrangerkid16 Generally the very best way to finding out this kinds of details with SCP is just going to the article and reading it. I also tend to watch the first page of the discussion, since authors tend to clarify some things (and give thanks to those who helped them). The majority of SCPs you see on youtube are worth a good reading.
The narrator goes out more often than being holed up in his office.
Being assigned to watch peaceful kaiju on a tropical island popping psycodelics all day to watch said kaiju? This is the closest thing to a relatively safe vacation in the SCP universe.
did I understand correctly that the status of this SCP is "neutralized" ?
Yup beacuse they were hurt by being perceived. And die
@@JojoEditor1970 Thanks for the answer. I didn't know now whether this is the last recorded death or the last of its kind that died.
my english is not the best
The author itself made a sseries of tales about the Antimemetics Division where, among many other things happening, this SCP turns out to just have empowered its camouflage, instead of atually going extinct (some still died though).
If they created their abilities to avoid predators, does anyone else think we should be FAR more terrified of whatever could prey on such huge things?
I like this beginning good job
Now that’s what I call...
*Sauroposeidon*
"Just a tornado heading this way" that is very normal
Nice video
Lucky the corrosion effect doesn’t affect me ye-
perhaps this SCP is a representation of animals going extinct in modern times just turned up to 11,
once they're gone they become forgotten as new generations never grow up with or knowing of them, and the memories by the few that did experience them in life slowly fade.
I almost died out of fear realizing that I did not remember the exact SCP classification number for the "long and gigantic" things.
I remember i didn't know what scp meant..
Bad days
@@terraplanet3649 not like that, i meant the times we didn't know alot of SCPs and we didn't know things like MTF and CI, then we slowly got onto it
I’ve seen so many thing where when people say something like “haha there’s nothing there you crazy person!” Or “lol that’s not a monster that’s a blank!” To the point that if someone sees something and I don’t see the same I’d either believe them or think they are high.
AYE I SAW THAT TREE AT THE END
Time?
@@Or26565 time
@@soldier3157 good
This tunnel is one of the most loyalty SCP channels I can’t stop watching their videos over and over
My favorite part was when he was pulling the boat out of the water, his feet movements
The scp died when people tried to learn about its existence.
Sometimes there are things we're better off not knowing.
Wonder how long until this video disappears
apparently around 8 years, so we gotta remember to check back constantly for it
What video
@@Cabal662 oh no, it has begun
@@ty9334 what do you mean? Theres nothing here?
@@ty9334 eh?? Whats begun? I haven’t had any amnestic from the scp today.
SCP FOUNDATION:" Hey we've found a way the anticamoflauge it!
SCP-2256: *dies*
This did guy he said anything resembling the creature decay rapidly..........WE ARE LITERALLY WATCHING A VIDEO ABOUT IT
You must be fun at parties
SCP is fake buddy
It’s only been eleven hours, give a week, then come back.
It’s a shame that just knowing about this SCP is enough to kill it. This is good example of why we should just leave some things unknown.
Giant Dino Jesus Brachiosauruses: Is Starting to die cause a bunch of people in White Clothes are observing them
SCP Scientists:Why is it dieing at Random?
That smile when you said "dirty little secret" xD it was cool to see your persona smile!!! :D
What program do you use to animate these?
Everybody gangsta till the video itself starts corroding
I had to rewind it when you said "anti memes" because I thought I misheard you
thanks for the subtitles
There was no evidence or proof of Teukoka’s when I looked it up. Does anyone know if it really existed back then?
The real question is, what kind of predators were not only big enough, but dangerous enough to make developing _anomalous camouflage_ necessary for their survival?
nobody:
the guy who named this:what the flip should we call it they are tall ah tall things
It is a theory (from the author's own tales about the Antimemetics Division) that they just reinforced their camouflage, making the Foundation think they went extinct. The entire hub of antimemetics division is pure gold and I recommend reading some of it at least.
Woooooooosh
This was my favorite scp that i tried to find overtime
Wait how many times have I watched this?
anti-mimetic powers can be some what counteracted with computers and cameras that can quickly and continuously make copies of the file/photos. it would have to be faster than the anti-mimetic powers can delete them.
Me: *Looks what Object Class 2256 is*
Me: Excuse me "The Foundation" may I have a talk to you, Why 2256 is Euclid even though it doesn't do anything then just walk around the water?
Well, althought it's technically safe in terms that it doesn't hurt anybody and doesn't negatively effects it's environment, it's still uncontained. I guess SCPs can only be labeled as "safe" if they are actually contained in some way, but SCP-2256 is very likely uncontainable. So that's why it is euclid, cause althought it probably won't harm anyone (if so, it would be keter) they are still unpredictable cause they can freely go wherever they want and do whatever they want.
It should be Pantokrator (item is too large to be physically contained) or Draugr (even though object is neutralized, still has anomalous effects)
The humans must be immortal if they are saying: just looks like a city destroying tornado and it looks like its coming this way *LAUGHS*
You know, there's a possibility that creatures like this exist.
How would you know? You forget every time you see one.
Like Nessie, Bigfoot, and Mothman too. Maybe they wipe themselves from your memory after you see them
Memetic properties to avoid predators, but they are 1000m tall. Like, what was eating them?
You can’t meme me, the very tall things are very much real, I must make people know
Thanks 4 the hard work
Scp-2256 | which the eye 3 amid up
📸 --> 👁 --> killed show your which
😁👍 ok
Much like the hair on the back of your fingers, even if you've just noticed them now, doesn't mean you have to do anything about them.
It's harmless and just existing there, so just leave it alone.
Just imagine if SCP Foundation was real...
They may be. We will never know.
@@christianmiller4422 yea
SCP Foundation is maybe real bc we have here 8 bilions ppls so who knows
r/whoosh intensifies
Congratulation SCP, Neutralizated something peaceful as it were. Should have gone for the more dangerous and world ending ones in the water.
Thumbnail looks just a bit NSFW
I believe it’s just the “Antimemetics Division”. I think the “hub” part refers to the fact that it’s a single wiki page that links to the entire canon, not a reference to the actual division.
SCP: Cocaine is a hell of a drug
1:48 Men: A TORNADO THAT'S SO FUNNY LOL
Me: Excuse me, there's a tornado, WHY AREN'T YOU FREAKING THE HELL OUT?!
ᴼⁿˡʸ ʳᵉᵃˡ ˡᵉᵃᵍᵉⁿᵈˢ ᵒʳ ᵖᵒᵍᵍᵉʳˢ ᶜᵃⁿ ˢᵘᵇˢᶜʳᶦᵇᵉ ᵐᵉ
Based
We won't don't worry
5:56 Is that Dagoth Ur?
when I was young i thought I saw one of those creatures while I was in the boat with my family
I thought something was stuck in my eyes so I scratched my eyes for a bit
but it was still there...
(I couldn't see what color it was because it was covered by a huge cloud of rain)
(The others didn't see it because they were looking in the other direction)
yet.. the thing I saw somehow disappeared when the rain stopped
(I wasn't sleeping i literally see that thing in my own eyes)
The SCP foundation should change their motto to "Endanger and Extinct"
That is a very creative nickname
Narrator: here stood a giraffe like creature
Me: ITS A DIPOLADONCULUS
SCP-2256
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Information about SCP-2256 is subject to a gradual antimemetic corrosion effect. Corrosion occurs at differing rates depending on the level of detail/accuracy in the information and the physical complexity of the storage medium. In-depth academic papers, photographs, and information stored electronically decay rapidly; broad descriptions, pencil sketches and paperwork decay slowly.
Therefore, this electronic database entry should describe SCP-2256 only in broad terms. Detailed information about SCP-2256's appearance, theorised evolutionary ancestry, biology, diet, behaviour, vocalisations, lifecycle, intelligence, ecological role and cultural significance should be stored in hard copy at Site 19, vault 1-053. The rate of corrosion in both data sources should be monitored carefully, although at present no technique is known for halting or undoing such corrosion.
Although these antimemetic effects linger and rate Euclid classification, SCP-2256 itself is extinct and requires no special containment procedures.
Description: SCP-2256 (Cryptomorpha gigantes) is a species of gigafauna which was endemic to the South Pacific Ocean around the islands of Polynesia. SCP-2256 was one of the very few recorded species known to have developed rudimentary perceptual/"antimemetic" camouflage, rendering them nearly impossible for other sentient beings to perceive or remember. This adaptation is theorised to have arisen in order to elude predators.
SCP-2256 was the largest species to have lived on Earth. Resembling spindly, vertically elongated giraffes or brachiosauruses, adults of the species grew to over 1,000 metres in height. They weighed no more than 4 tonnes, with most of their mass being "camouflaged" by a very similar adaptation. With their broad, dish-shaped feet, they were able to walk directly on the surface of the ocean without sinking.
SCP-2256 navigated the ocean alone or in ██████ of 2 to as many as 2,000 individuals. They were reluctant to approach land, especially inhabited islands, usually staying more than 30 kilometres offshore. Because of their height, they were visible on the horizon at this distance.
Acquisition: Polynesian natives of the island of Maikiti used a substance called teùkoka for recreational and religious purposes. As well as being a moderate psychedelic, this drug had mnestic properties, suppressing antimemetic effects and making entities camouflaged in this way easier to see and remember. Thus, the Maikitians were for hundreds of years the only people able to see SCP-2256. In Maikitian mythology SCP-2256 were wandering spirits whom the gods had charged with maintaining the horizon, to ensure that the sky and the water never mixed. They were characterised as well-meaning and friendly, but unintelligent and often deficient in their duties, resulting in storms and typhoons. They were called polo'ongakau, "the ones who walk very slowly".
In 1991 an internal biochemistry study revealed that teùkoka bore a strong chemical resemblance to the Foundation's own class-W mnestic. A Foundation anthropologist was assigned to follow ██ ██ the Maikitian legend, and became the first outsider to observe ███-2256. An observation ██████ was quickly ███████████ on the island to study the creatures. Routine containment analysis found that SCP-2256 was Safe and required no special containment procedures, or even particular ██████████ ██ secrecy.
History: SCP-105 immediately proved to be impossible to capture photographically. Photographic negatives of the species faded into transparency over the ██████ ██ a few minutes. Similar decay ███████ affected videotape, audio tape, celluloid film, digital and electronic scans, ███. The observation team soon returned most of their equipment to inventory and proceeded using pencils and █████. At the time, it ███ believed that such recordings would be effectively permanent.
SCP-2256's population declined slightly in 1992 and 1993, then dropped sharply from 1994 onwards. A combination of contributing factors were observed: illness, infertility and an ██████████ rate of stillbirths.
In 2002 a field generator was developed which could penetrate and neutralise SCP-2256's antimemetic ██████████, allowing for conventional photography. The first and only close-up photograph of one of the creatures instantly killed it. It was concluded that direct observation of SCP-2256 is injurious to ████. This adaptation is believed to have arisen as a means of detecting predators, just as SCP-2256's antimemetic camouflage protected them from those same predators. Use of ███ █████ generator was immediately curtailed.
It was subsequently hypothesised that the Foundation's ongoing passive observation of the species was intense enough to have harmful effects on SCP-2256, and that ████ was what was driving the species ████ extinction. Opinions differed sharply ████ ███ veracity of this hypothesis, over ███ thoroughly it should be tested, and over what ██████ be done if it proved to be true. Several extreme options were ██████████, including ██████████ exterminating ███-████ to preserve the data, and completely expunging the data to preserve ███-2256. No firm conclusions ████ █████.
In 2003 observation of SCP-2256 was scaled back significantly, and the Foundation ████████ focus from gathering ███ data to analysing ████████ data. However, SCP-2256's population continued to ███████. The last individual died near Tokelau ██ October 30, 2006.
In 2010 ██ ███ discovered ████ the antimemetic camouflage ██████, also characterised as "decay" or "corrosion", was spreading through paper records of ███-████. As of ████, more ████ 60% of █████ documents are ██████████, even with █ strong mnestic dose. The effect is even ████████ ████ ████ SCP entry itself, despite ███ ███ shielding and redundancy in ████ system.
Since ███-████ ██ extinct, ██ new data █████ it can be generated. It is █████████ that full contamination ████ █████ ██████ three to eight years.
You'd think their engineering department would be able to come up with a quick fix. Using stone, metal precious gems or even glass to use in a way of making. That metal that is used in aircraft which extremely good corrosion and abrasion resistance. incanel or something like that
Omfg I have been looking for this scp for a year!!
A giant 6 eyed dinosaur with Advanced Chameleon camouflage coolest scp yet
I like Dinosaur, ships and Space related SCPs. They are my favourite topic
“And then a tornado appears like it’s your normal everyday Tuesday.”
Ha! C'mon Doc. Take off that friggin lab coat. You're on vacation, relax.
I love watching these fun videos because I know they are fake, I don’t know why but it makes me relaxed
it is absolutely the SCP Foundations fault these beautiful, peaceful creatures "died out".
Couldn’t they make a program to keep rewriting the information to fast for the anti meme effect? Like you out in the information, it writes it on screen, it scans the screen, adds that information back into the code, then rewrites it again, and so on, and keeps reseting the information as it rewrites it.
I love these videos
I like the background mix up