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ompatriots discover that this creature, a flat, flesh-colored beast with eight legs and a long tail, has wrapped the tail around its victim's throat and plunged some sort of tendril down his esophagus. The beast keeps its victim in a paralyzing coma, supplied with oxygen but unconscious.

When the ship's science officer tries to remove the beast, it tightens its grip on the victim's throat. An attempt to burn off one of the legs releases a yellow, highly corrosive liquid, which the officer describes as "molecular acid used like blood" and acknowledges to be a "wonderful defense mechanism" (Scott), and which threatens to burn a hole right through the hull of the ship. The officer observes that the beast possesses "an outer layer of protein polysacharides" and is "shedding cells and replacing [them] with polarized silicone, giving it a prolonged resistance to adverse environmental conditions" (Scott). The crew decides to leave the beast in place for the moment, since the alternatives threaten to kill the human host.

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