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If the organism is chopped up and dropped into a labyrinth (a maze), they put themselves back together and start to move. At the same time, if a food source is placed at the entrance and exit to the maze, they avoid dead ends in the maze and form a connection (as a single tube) between the food sources. In all cases, the organism chose the path that was the shortest between the two food sources. In a way, it "solved" the puzzle of finding the shortest path through the maze. | If the organism is chopped up and dropped into a labyrinth (a maze), they put themselves back together and start to move. At the same time, if a food source is placed at the entrance and exit to the maze, they avoid dead ends in the maze and form a connection (as a single tube) between the food sources. In all cases, the organism chose the path that was the shortest between the two food sources. In a way, it "solved" the puzzle of finding the shortest path through the maze. | ||
During the introduction course of slime mold, I was amazed by this experiment and it reminded me of a Hollywood movie called ‘Life’. | |||
[[File:Life-new-poster.jpg|400px]] | |||
This movie is about a dangerous and ancient single-celled creature named Calvin. He was found on Mars and raised up in space station. When Calvin became stronger, he killed almost all the scientists in space station and controlled an astronaut to land on earth so he could dominate the planet. This scary creature has his every cell to be his eye, skin, muscle and brain. | |||
[[File:calvin1.jpg|400px]] | |||
It grows really fast by swallowing human bodies and moves quickly. It is also very clever to know how to manipulate people and carry out his big plan. And no doubt it was designed to be tough to survive extreme environment like low temperature and vacuum. He can also easily break a man’s arm and escape from the lab in space station by his huge strength. | |||
[[File:calvin2.jpg|400px]] | |||
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