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Researchers find a single-celled slime mold with no nervous system that remembers food locations
phys.org ^ | FEBRUARY 23, 2021 | by Max Planck Society

Posted on 02/23/2021 4:47:23 PM PST by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 02/23/2021 4:47:23 PM PST by BenLurkin
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2 posted on 02/23/2021 4:48:25 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
Sounds like my ex-wife.

Note to scientists...run while you still can.;-)

3 posted on 02/23/2021 4:48:42 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: BenLurkin

Beat me to it !!


4 posted on 02/23/2021 4:49:22 PM PST by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: BenLurkin; Daffynition

Regular people know it as “D.C.”


5 posted on 02/23/2021 4:49:39 PM PST by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: BenLurkin

ROTFLOL! Perfect!


6 posted on 02/23/2021 4:50:28 PM PST by caww
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To: BenLurkin

More qualified than Biden.


7 posted on 02/23/2021 4:55:17 PM PST by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole; you had so much to offer, did you offer your soul?)
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To: BenLurkin

All slime molds are single cells during the plasmodial stage.
The article is needless as this one covered the same material in better detail. https://www.wired.com/story/slime-molds-rememberbut-do-they-learn/


8 posted on 02/23/2021 4:58:01 PM PST by Fungi
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To: BenLurkin

Fascinating stuff.


9 posted on 02/23/2021 5:01:04 PM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: Fungi

Your post is useless as this one has more information.

https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2016/slime-molds-capable-passing-learned-behaviors-new-cell-populations/


10 posted on 02/23/2021 5:01:16 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: BenLurkin

I had a fun Science Teacher back in Grade School, who would have said that description of the single celled slime mold sounded just like some of his students!
“They never forget where they hid all those snacks!”


11 posted on 02/23/2021 5:01:34 PM PST by lee martell
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To: BenLurkin

Saw the title and came for the lols...I knew Freepers would not disappoint :-)


12 posted on 02/23/2021 5:02:01 PM PST by Bobalu (When I die I want to be buried in Chicago so I can stay active in politics)
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To: BenLurkin

They live next door here.


13 posted on 02/23/2021 5:03:14 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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14 posted on 02/23/2021 5:10:46 PM PST by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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15 posted on 02/23/2021 5:11:29 PM PST by caww
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To: BenLurkin

This just in: Joe Biden declares that single-celled slime molds are eligible to vote. “After all, they are people too,” the President said.


16 posted on 02/23/2021 5:13:29 PM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: BenLurkin
Stacius abramsius.
17 posted on 02/23/2021 5:16:53 PM PST by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor: Comitii asinorum atque rhinocerorum delendi sunt.)
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To: BenLurkin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_V._McConnell

Besides experiments with worms trained with stimuli being fed to non-trained worms to see if they learned through cannibalism, he was also the 10th victim of the unabomber.

Freegards


18 posted on 02/23/2021 5:17:21 PM PST by Ransomed
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To: BenLurkin

And THAT’S what I came here for. LOL


19 posted on 02/23/2021 5:18:35 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: BenLurkin

That was the first person that came to mind - you nailed it!


20 posted on 02/23/2021 5:28:39 PM PST by NWFree (Socialism is legalized plunder)
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