Animals: Slime moulds are neither animal, plant, nor fungus — th…

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Did you know? Slime moulds are neither animal, plant, nor fungus — their own kingdom. One species, Physarum polycephalum, solves mazes without a brain. Researchers (Nakagaki, 2000) had it "build" the Tokyo metro network between food piles — the result was nearly identical to the real design.

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Slime moulds are neither animal, plant, nor fungus — their own kingdom. One species, Physarum polycephalum, solves mazes without a brain. Researchers (Nakagaki, 2000) had it "build" the Tokyo metro network between food piles — the result was nearly identical to the real design.

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