DeedleNuts 3,146 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 AKA "Life" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-zoo-blob/paris-zoo-unveils-the-blob-an-organism-with-no-brain-but-720-sexes-idUSKBN1WV2AD Quote PARIS (Reuters) - A Paris zoo showcased a mysterious new organism on Wednesday, dubbed the “blob”, a yellowish unicellular small living being which looks like a fungus but acts like an animal. This newest exhibit of the Paris Zoological Park, which goes on display to the public on Saturday, has no mouth, no stomach, no eyes, yet it can detect food and digest it. The blob also has almost 720 sexes, can move without legs or wings and heals itself in two minutes if cut in half. “The blob is a living being which belongs to one of nature’s mysteries”, said Bruno David, director of the Paris Museum of Natural History, of which the Zoological Park is part. But it also seems qualified for political office: Quote “It surprises us because it has no brain but is able to learn (...) and if you merge two blobs, the one that has learned will transmit its knowledge to the other,” David added. Discuss, while we have time to do so. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Kahuna 61,063 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 (edited) Interesting stuff.. Edited October 17, 2019 by Kahuna info added 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Goetz1965 1,068 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Does it means we need 720 toilets ? Link to post Share on other sites
lamoe 14,532 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, Goetz1965 said: Does it means we need 720 toilets ? Nah - don't have eyes to see differences What could be scary is if they start gene splicing these things - we could wind up with a real Blob. Simple organisms may be easy to kill but impossible to eradicate? Edited October 18, 2019 by lamoe Link to post Share on other sites
Jim_in_Jax 317 Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Looks like another video Zefrank should be narrating. Link to post Share on other sites
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