Item #: 3???

Object Class: Euclid

Special Containment Procedures: At least several pet stores are to be bought by a foundation front, worldwide, and promptly closed, under the guise of animal cruelty. At least once every few days, several D-Class Personnel are to shop from the stores, as to increase the chances of a manifestation event. During a manifestation event, the imprinted D-Class person is to be moved to a specialized enclosure, designed to care for the entity.

Requests for anomalous care items are to be given on a trial basis, due to the danger posed by some requests. Anything that may pose a possible containment breach will require the termination of the current instance, as well as it's associated D-Class person. As of present, 185 instances exist in Foundation care. Future instances are to be either bought or destroyed, depending on the form it has taken.

During a transportation event, personnel are to scower a radius of 100 kilometers for the instance's new form, centered around the store it was previously seen in.

Instances can be transported worldwide without issue, but in order to "bind" them to a specific area, they must be placed in a pet store in the desired region. In this case, they will manifest in a 100 kilometer radius around the store they were placed in.

Description: SCP-3### is a shapeshifting entity, commonly found in the pet trade. Instances of SCP-3### commonly assumes the form of what the viewer deems "cute". As a result of this, it has often assumed the forms of organisms thought to be extinct, or organisms that should not exist. Most of the time however, the entity usually takes the form of a small mammal or avian.

SCP-3### usually manifests in pet stores, and when an individual has bought the organism, SCP-3### imprints onto the individual. The resultant individual is dubbed SCP-3###-A.

Instances of SCP-3###-A seem to share some telepathic bond with the organism, with it compelling its "owner" to often buy anomalous objects to care for it. Instances of SCP-3###-A will go to any lengths possible to obtain the product. This has ranged from simple things such as a slate slab to wear down an instance's nails, all the way up to, in one instance, [DATA-EXPUNGED]. If SCP-3###-A fails to obtain the care item within 48 hours, their imprinted instance of SCP-3### will become increasingly more and more hostile, until the object is delievered, at which point, hostilities cease.

Instances of SCP-3###-A become increasingly more and more obsessed with the care of their instance, and usually end up dying within 3 months, as a result of non-anomalous complications as a result of their obsession. Instances of SCP-3### have been noted to rapidly decay after their owner's death, with an appearance that almost appears "forlorn" or "sad" by some. This process of decay takes place over the course of 6 – 10 hours, and upon losing 45% of it's original mass, it will cease all movement. Genetic testing of said instances have yielded mixed results. Organisms that should not exist appear to be chimaeric in nature, whereas organisms that exist normally are identical to their non-anomalous counterparts. Tests are underway for instances that have assumed the forms of extinct organisms.

Instances of SCP-3### appear to be reality-warping to some extent, causing viewers to accept the organism as a normal occurrence, even if it should not exist. As a result, it is believed there may be many more uncontained instances.
Addendum 1:

During regular capture of instances, and their associated SCP-3###-A, one instance, taking the form of a Sun Conure (Aratinga solstitialis), displayed higher than usual levels of intelligence, even among it's own species.

This instance was briefly detained, and placed in a room for testing.

Test 1: Spatial abilities

Instance was placed in a room, with food placed inside a dish, surrounded by most sides but one with glass panes. Instance at first flew right at the glass panes, suffering minor abrasions to it's torso.

Test 2: Mirror Test

A red sticker was placed on the throat of the instance. A handheld mirror, with dimensions of 28 x 20 x 4, was then brought into the enclosure, and held by a staff member. The instance gazed at the mirror for approximately 15 seconds, before attempting to remove the sticker. The same test was repeated with blue, green, and yellow stickers, all eliciting the same response.

Researcher's Notes: The instance did not appear to be bothered by the presence of the stickers until the mirror was shown. Unfortunately, testing on normal members of it's species is... inconclusive. We're the fucking foundation and we have no studies on god damn self-awareness in a commonly kept parrot.

Test 3: ???