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='''Crossing borders with slime mould'''= | =='''Crossing borders with slime mould'''== | ||
Over the Christmas break me and my slime mould went on a journey back to the UK | Over the Christmas break me and my slime mould went on a journey back to the UK | ||
[[File:slimemould.JPG| | [[File:slimemould.JPG|300px]] | ||
Here you can see I tried to revive my slime mould, I bought Petri dishes and Agar to make the right environment for the slime mould but as you can see the slime mould didn't grow. | Here you can see I tried to revive my slime mould, I bought Petri dishes and Agar to make the right environment for the slime mould but as you can see the slime mould didn't grow. | ||
[[File:mouldy.JPG| | [[File:mouldy.JPG|300px]] | ||
I wanted to wait a few more days to see if the slime mould would be able to grow, therefore I gave each Petri dish some more oat flakes to entice the slime mould to feed but it was unsuccessful and the more days I waited for the slime mould to grow the more I began to die and go mouldy to the point where I had to throw away all the Agar dishes because they were very contaminated with mould. | I wanted to wait a few more days to see if the slime mould would be able to grow, therefore I gave each Petri dish some more oat flakes to entice the slime mould to feed but it was unsuccessful and the more days I waited for the slime mould to grow the more I began to die and go mouldy to the point where I had to throw away all the Agar dishes because they were very contaminated with mould. | ||