Lurker

First appearance: Resident Evil 0

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A B.O.W. born from early experiments with the T-virus. Almost immediately upon beginning the virus research, a huge number of failed experiments were produced. The Lurker is one of those failed experiments, and it is made from an amphibian frog base.

Their eyes and ears have devolved greatly in this form, but their ability to sense prey has been evolved to an almost supernatural level. Their tongues in this form have become strong enough to actually impale a human target with little effort. Their digestive systems have also developed to the point where they can swallow a human whole, as those systems are now strong enough to kill whatever prey they swallow almost instantly.

Although they contain formidable offensive properties, the reason the Lurkers were not able to be employed as actual B.O.W.s is because of the gaping lack of intelligence. No matter how much time had passed between the administering of the T-virus, they showed no signs of development in their brains, and thus there was no effort made to condition them to follow orders so they could function as B.O.W.s. This experiment showed that there was little hope of creating great weapons from amphibian bases with the T-virus, and even the later developed much improved Hunter Y type was lacking in the same areas due to its amphibious nature.