Gooey trails help slime moulds to navigate

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Tuesday, 9 October 2012 Anna SallehABC

Single-celled slime moulds show you don't need a brain to navigate (Source:
Audrey Dussutour)



Slime memory Brainless slime moulds leave a gooey trail behind them to remember
where they've been, new research has found.
The findings suggest early life forms developed such externalised spatial
"memory" to navigate, [...]
Source:
http://www.ezonearticle.com/2012/10/09/gooey-trails-help-slime-moulds-to-navigate/

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