Eight smart things slime molds can do without a brain, NOVA
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From remembering where they’ve been to recreating the Tokyo rail network, these “slimy aliens” are capable of way more than we give them credit for.
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Large White and Soft Blob Growing on Tree Stump - Is This a Fungus or Rather a Slime Mold? Can Anyone Help Me Identify Either Way? : r/mycology
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NOVA: Secret Mind Of Slime
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NOVA, Secret Mind of Slime, Season 47, Episode 12
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There's A New Organism Called The Blob And It's Straight Out Of, blob
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There's A New Organism Called The Blob And It's Straight Out Of, blob
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Orange Slime Mold is such a cool organism! It normally appears during
Do plants have the capacity to evolve a brain or something equivalent to a brain? - Quora
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NOVA, Secret Mind of Slime, Season 47, Episode 12
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Searching for gorgeous slime molds
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Slime Molds Remember—But Do They Learn?
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My mum asked how I knew so much about slime moulds so I told her a tale about a sad boy on Reddit : r/mycology