Slime Mold: A Brainless Blob that Seems Smart

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Slime molds look gross and... not smart, but they definitely seem to communicate and plan even without neurons. Michael explains the science behind these clever eukaryotes. For 10% off Squarespace: http://squarespace.com/scishow Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—Alexander Wadsworth, Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/slimemolds.html https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/the-brainless-slime-that-can-learn-by-fusing/511295/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/the-sublime-slime-mold/ http://www.nature.com/news/how-brainless-slime-molds-redefine-intelligence-1.11811 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312167286_Direct_transfer_of_learned_behaviour_via_cell_fusion_in_non-neural_organisms http://science.sciencemag.org/content/327/5964/439.full https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/8f6d/55e8a46fdcf117764da0d5a2a67e82c6807f.pdf htt

Published 2017-07-27 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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