Chapter 207 - 206: Cleanup Operation
Scientists have discovered through the dissection of dead parasitic creatures that the body structure of the Parasitic Civilization is quite peculiar; where their heads should be, they have a circular mouth (oral apparatus) as large as their bodies, with a row of sharp triangular teeth at the edge.
These teeth are not only sharp but can also tilt outwards at a ninety-degree angle, turning into a sharp circular saw that can easily cut through the skin of most organisms.
This is also one of the key abilities for the parasitic creatures to parasitize their hosts.
The circular saw teeth were used earlier to bite open an incision on the back of a rat and the use of the parasitic creatures’ sharp teeth is more frequent during the parasitism process than one might imagine.
In addition to a circular mouth, the parasitic creatures lack common human sensory organs such as eyes, ears, and a nose; thus, they do not need to breathe. This is why parasitic creatures can survive regardless of Earth’s environment. In fact, if temperature and bodily pressure are not considered, parasitic creatures would not suffocate even in space.
The parasitic creatures do not have eyes, but their body tissue contains many photoreceptor cells. It wasn’t until further research that scientists were startled to find that parasitic creatures have even more photoreceptor cells than human eyes do, which means they can receive a wider range of electromagnetic wave signals than humans.
Perhaps as a balance of creation by God, the parasitic creatures, despite having an abundance of photoreceptor cells, are devoid of hearing. That is to say, they cannot hear any sounds. However, organs within their bodies can detect vibrations. If the host they are parasitizing can hear, then they can also hear through the host’s auditory system.
Furthermore, the inner body of the parasitic creatures has evolved elongated neural suction cups, similar to jellyfish tentacles, that shoot out from the mouth when needed to connect with the nerves of other organisms. The primitive communication between parasitic creatures themselves is conducted through the touching of these neural suction cups.