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10,001.
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- All right, Mary, let's go.
- OK.
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Please keep in mind
we were a little rushed.
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Here's the creature, with an incision
along its ventral surface.
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The first thing that stands out
is the complexity of its neo-cortex.
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In a human, brain tissue accounts
for about 5% of total body mass.
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But in this creature,
and here's the brain tissue,
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it accounts for about 60%.
:21:37
This black tentacle, which we saw
jet across Barnes's office,
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contains a probe. An interface
between the creature and its host.
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The probe penetrates the brain
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while these hooks here and here
lock into the spinal column.
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Together they override
the human nervous system.
:22:00
Wait. Are you saying that these slugs
are using us like puppets?
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Exactly.
:22:08
You didn't mention whether
the creature has eyes. Does it?
:22:11
We haven't been able
to locate any sensory organs.
:22:16
Anything else?
:22:17
We found human DNA and protein
inside the creature.
:22:22
They're able to adapt to whichever
life form they're riding on.
:22:26
We breathe oxygen
so they breathe oxygen.
:22:29
The two systems merge.
:22:31
Can't we exploit this
potential weakness?
:22:33
What affects the host
might also affect the parasite.
:22:36
We must find something
they're vulnerable to and we're not.
:22:40
The people being ridden
seemed stronger than normal.
:22:43
We think they boost adrenaline
production into their host.
:22:47
Like injecting nitro into
a car's fuel line.
:22:50
The car will run faster
but the engine will burn out sooner.
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It's really quite a remarkable
organism.
:22:58
Much more efficient
than anything on earth.