bogleech:tedx:Beware of The Blob! In this talk from TEDxToulouse, biologist Audrey Dussutour uncover
bogleech:tedx:Beware of The Blob! In this talk from TEDxToulouse, biologist Audrey Dussutour uncovers the mystery of myxomycota — a.k.a. le blob — the fascinating blob organism whose unicellular structure betrays a surprising personality.Learn more about the blob here»(Photos: Audrey Dussutour, annetanne, wild-eyes, nein09, Phlilcha, Stu Phillips) I didn’t know slime molds consumed mushrooms!It’s a misconception that they’re one big cell, though. People here that they’re “single celled organisms” and assume that means the whole plasmodium.The mass is actually made of millions of individuals. It’s a colony OF single-celled organisms! Amoeba forming a bigger amoeba!Beware of the blob, it creeps, it leaps, it slides around across the floor -- source link