Appreciation: How brainless slime molds find food

Discussion in 'Fungi, Lichens and Slime Molds' started by wcutler, Oct 3, 2017.

  1. wcutler

    wcutler Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator VCBF Cherry Scout 10 Years

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    My discovery of this link was sort of similar to what's shown in this short video on Facebook of a slime mold finding food:


    In case the facebook link doesn't work, the FB page that linked to it also had a link to a Scientific American page with short video that includes a similar demo and an interesting statement about slime molds mapping the major rail systems of several major cities and countries:
    How Brainless Slime Molds Redefine Intelligence [Video]
     
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    Frog Generous Contributor Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Thank you for sharing this Wendy! I'm now noticing that if anything the amount of research on the motility/problem solving of this slime mold has expanded over the past several years.
     

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