Thursday, October 17, 2019
Slime mold or Disney? /// EDIT: Slime mold.
Reuters has a tantalizingly brief news item about a new life form exhibited by the Paris Zoo. The description and video closely fit slime mold, except for the number of "sexes" or reproduction categories.
Checking France24, I see a headline for the same item:
but clicking the headline simply leads to the main website of Disney Films.
Zoos don't normally exhibit fungus-like organisms. Zoos exhibit big semi-familiar animals.
Is this a hack or a misdescribed slime mold or a genuinely new find?
Later: France24 fixed the link which now provides better info. It is in fact a type of slime mold. Slime mold is unquestionably one of the weirdest and least understood life forms, but not a brand new discovery.
but clicking the headline simply leads to the main website of Disney Films.
Zoos don't normally exhibit fungus-like organisms. Zoos exhibit big semi-familiar animals.
Is this a hack or a misdescribed slime mold or a genuinely new find?
Later: France24 fixed the link which now provides better info. It is in fact a type of slime mold. Slime mold is unquestionably one of the weirdest and least understood life forms, but not a brand new discovery.Labels: Answered and answered, Asked and unanswered
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