Wednesday, February 06, 2008
TREMORS: THE SERIES, The (Scifi Channel) Webpage
Reconstructing the old Tremors: The Series Webpage from Internet Archives...
PART 6: Department of the Interior Report
on Graboids
(The following is part 1 of 6 of a detailed report appearing on the original site as though it had been written by the DOI. Editor's Note: For the purpose of this website, the term "Assblaster" has been replaced with "Blaster" and some headings and terms had to be replaced as they were not fully recovered)
THE GRABOID/SHRIEKER/BLASTER LIFECYCLE
SECTION 1- OVERVIEW
The subterranean predators known as "Graboids," which ostensibly awakened in the late 20th century after a centuries-long slumber, are a lifeform unlike any other previously catalogued in Earth's genetic or fossil record.The first documented encounter with the species occurred in Perfection, Nev., in 1990. Graboid worms, which we have classified as Caederus americana, subsequently appeared in Mexico in 1996, and in Argentina and Nevada in 2001.
During the Mexico incident, a second Graboid species, called "Shriekers," was identified. This species has been classified as C. mexicana.
The second outbreak in Perfection revealed a morphological variant subspecies of Shriekers.
Nicknamed "AssBlasters" by the locals who first encountered it, its official name is C. mexicana combustus. Throughout this report there are references to "the Graboid species" or "the species" (plural). This generalized term should be understood to encompass the genus Caederus. The colloquial term "Graboid," when used alone, refers specifically to the wormlike subterranean predator C. americana.
The species' hostile behavior and high rate of reproduction have triggered concern within the Department of the Interior (DOI) and raised many troubling questions. Where do Graboids come from? How could creatures so huge and aggressive go unnoticed before 1990? Do their lack of a logical place in Earth's fossil record imply they are extraterrestrial in origin? Or do they represent a previously undiscovered branch on the evolutionary tree?
Are they intelligent? Are they sentient? Are they a true menace to humanity, or merely another animal curiosity to be studied with caution?
In an effort to expand our knowledge base about the species and their life cycles, the DOI conducted the Graboid Ecological Research Initiative, in accordance with Executive Order No. 4371.
The following report details our findings.
