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the proof that being a spineless blob is a billion-year survival strategy.
means A soft, slippery, often unpleasant semi-liquid substance — biological ooze, mud, or the gooey secretions of creatures like slugs and snails.
from From Old English 'slīm,' for soft mud or ooze, with deep Germanic roots — a cousin of Dutch 'slijm' and German 'Schleim' (mucus, phlegm). It likely traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'slimy' or 'sticky,' the same family that may have given Latin 'limus' (mud) and Greek 'leimax' (slug). In other words, humans have been finding the same wet, gloopy stuff disgusting for several thousand years.
- no brain
- Slime molds solve mazes and find shortest paths
- ancient
- Slime-based life predates animals by a billion years
- hagfish defense
- One hagfish can fill a bucket in seconds
- single cell
- Slime molds can be one giant cell
oobleck — non-newtonian fluid made from cornstarch and water, popularized in science education since the 1980s
hagfish slime — defensive mucus secreted by hagfish that can fill a 5-gallon bucket in seconds, used in real predator defense
nickelodeon green slime — iconic green goo used on nickelodeon shows starting in 1979, dumped on countless celebrities and kids