#specimans

Stuffed animal and bird exhibit at Museum of Natural History, The University of Iowa, 1930s

Creator: Kent, Frederick Wallace

Located in Macbride Hall, formerly known as the Hall of Natural Science.

Specimen 1986 (Seemore)

Personal Log 4145III Excerpt Dr. Diana Krelborn: I fought tooth and nail to get the plant from the Toroti expedition brought to Facility-209 under my care. Carnivorous plants had become both my expertise and hobby but I wasn’t the only botanist in the field. Initial reports had word of several species reported during the trek but after the catastrophic loss of the team and their remaining data we were left to fight over what had already made its way back and was being held up in receiving.

With some clout I had saved up and all my will I was able to have Specimen 1986 brought to my Lab at 209. Seemore was different from the start. A few of the carnivorous species scoff at the protein meal we feed most of the plants, but this is usually a due to there triggers being tied to movement. A lump of meat proteins does little to enact the actions that have evolved to attack what moves, not so much needing motivation as needing something to react to. That was not the case with Seemore. From the moment I dropped the mouse in the cage, I could see the plant start it’s hunt. That fist time he wasn’t much more then a cloned stem. His head following the confused rodent along the cage. His movements almost mimicked a large cat or Dr.Moore’s Specimen 68. Graceful calculation and cold blooded blood-lust combined, it was beautiful. 

Continuing study has found the following: 

Specimen 1986  intelligence levels seem to be similar to those found in medium sized mammals. 

Only engages live feed.

While sustained by the artificial lighting, outdoor testing shows behavioral changes in natural sunlight. 

Unlike other known budding species of carnivorous plant Specimen 1986 seems to relieve on a main or “Master” bud, the other buds acting as secondary “heads” or appendages along with it’s tentacle like vines. 

It’s growth and development while slow takes unexpected turns. Grew seemingly random patches of hair unexpectedly after 2 months.