Item #: SCP+002
Object Class: Euclid
Special Containment Procedures: Containment of SCP+002 is currently deemed practically infeasible. Efforts are instead to be redirected towards limiting and combating the political and economic influence of SCP+002 worldwide, and towards obtaining information on instances of SCP+002. Foundation financial assets are to be made freely available to Class-4 personnel for the sole purpose of obtaining a deceased instance of SCP+002.
Description: SCP+002 is the collective designation given to the taxonomical genus Megadraco, comprising several distinct species and subspecies of large, sapient and anomalous reptilian lifeforms. SCP+002 may also be used to refer to any single specimen/instance of SCP+002 when species is not specified. Instances of SCP+002 are capable of complex problem solving, reasoning and are able to communicate in their own common language, which has thus far eluded attempts at deciphering by the scientific community. SCP+002 is, as a genus, widely held to possess greater intelligence than that of Homo sapiens.
Physically, the profile SCP+002 roughly resembles that of ornithischian dinosaurs, and its armoured scales suggest a genetic relationship with the herbivorous Thyreophora. Unlike most other thyreophorans, however, SCP+002 possess a head and mouth more closely resembling those of various species of the Carcharodontosauridae, which were carnivorous saurischians. Many sport elaborate decorative cranial formations usually associated with Iguania, or the colourful feathers typical of Maniraptoriformes. Notably, several possess six limbs, with one pair of functional wings on the back similar those of the genus Draco.
There exist several subspecies of SCP+002; the three most prominent ones are detailed below:
Megadraco occidentalis magnus: Airborne, quadrupedal, six-limbed giant reptilian. Possesses one pair of wings extending from behind the shoulder blades; a biopyrogenic system with an organ producing an as of yet unidentified, highly flammable bodily fluid, similar in function to napalm; armoured scales similar to those of Ankylosaurus magniventris. Fully capable of flight and flamethrowing. Mostly found in Europe, less common in North America. Designation: SCP+002-1.
Megadraco orientalis magnus: Airborne, quadrupedal, serpentine giant reptilian. Possesses two pairs of largely vestigial legs; several large whiskers of unknown function; colourful scales. This species is capable of flight despite lacking wings, gliding through the air in a motion similar to the sidewinding of Crotalus cerastes. How it achieves this is unknown though assumed to be anomalous. Mostly found in East and Southeast Asia and Oceania. Designation: SCP+002-2.
Megadraco amazonicus: Airborne, bipedal, four limbed, feathered giant reptilian. Possessed one pair of wings in place of forelegs, very colourful, patterned feathers; sharp teeth and headshape similar to that of Coelophysis rhodesiensis. Capable of flight. Primary habitat in dense rainforests and forests mountains in tropical climates. Mostly found in South and Central America. Designation: SCP+002-3.
All extant SCP+002 variants are omnivores, traditionally preying on humans as part of their diet. Instances of SCP+002 are able to anomalously metamorphose into a humanoid form and back at will, enabling them to communicate in human languages and infiltrate human society. Several of the most high-profile instances of SCP+002 dispose over extensive capital assets in various forms, and are driven by an instinctive urge to acquire and hoard more.
Today, SCP+002 have succeeded in establishing and entrenching themselves in human society through a combination of political maneuvering, financial dealings and violent action or the threat thereof. Highly territorial, instances of SC+002 aggressively safeguard their status and possessions, and become highly agitated when they perceive any of these to be seriously threatened. Several have, in short time, ascended to positions of significant political, economic and military power. SCP+002 pose a serious risk of triggering an SK-Class "Dominance Shift" scenario, displacing humankind as the dominant species on Earth. This is also believed to be the long term endgoal of several instances of SCP+002.