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“When food is in short supply, many of these single-celled organisms will congregate and start moving as a single body. In this state they are sensitive to airborne chemicals and can detect food sources. They can readily change the shape and function of parts and may form stalks that produce fruiting bodies, releasing countless spores”(Wikipedia D) | “When food is in short supply, many of these single-celled organisms will congregate and start moving as a single body. In this state they are sensitive to airborne chemicals and can detect food sources. They can readily change the shape and function of parts and may form stalks that produce fruiting bodies, releasing countless spores”(Wikipedia D) | ||
It is said that slime molds can exhibit some degree of intelligence, like sacrifice or computation of the shortest paths to the nutrition. | |||
== Dictyostelium == | |||
called often as social amoebae | |||
* Dictyostelium exhibit a form of intelligence | |||
* When separated they will pull themselves back together | |||
* They also exhibit self-sacrifice | |||
* They will gather and form a stalk and then a fruiting body | |||
* Those self making up the stalk will die. Those at the top will clump into a ball made of life spores" (Bonner) | |||
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkVhLJLG7ug&list=PLb14u5e_rEcSVd0ZjgEFHuggA6y7ozQQI | |||
==Physarum Polycephalum== | |||
Physarum Polycephalum and its life cycle | |||
"Physarum polycephalum, literally the "many-headed slime", is a slime mold that inhabits shady, cool, moist areas, such as decaying leaves and logs. Like slime molds in general, it is sensitive to light; in particular, light can repel the slime mold and be a factor in triggering spore growth."(wikipedia A) It feeds on bacteria, spores and other microbial creatures. | "Physarum polycephalum, literally the "many-headed slime", is a slime mold that inhabits shady, cool, moist areas, such as decaying leaves and logs. Like slime molds in general, it is sensitive to light; in particular, light can repel the slime mold and be a factor in triggering spore growth."(wikipedia A) It feeds on bacteria, spores and other microbial creatures. | ||
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