Slime Molds: These Goop Organisms Can Outperform Humans

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  • Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
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Комментарии • 192

  • @QUIRK1019
    @QUIRK1019 4 месяца назад +85

    I absolutely love the personal touch Tasha's videos have developed. She created a nice niche for herself on one of RUclips's best channels.

  • @SAOS451316
    @SAOS451316 4 месяца назад +88

    They do seem smart when they solve mazes and such. I had colleagues who were studying these organisms for robotics research. One of the slime molds was named Bob the Blob and having met him I can confirm he was a slimy blob! Almost cute in its own way.

  • @stenchofjustice
    @stenchofjustice 4 месяца назад +89

    I welcome our new slime mold overlords.

  • @julianstokes6526
    @julianstokes6526 4 месяца назад +54

    200 million years later
    Slithersucker: Ah, college days were the best.

  • @samhaines8228
    @samhaines8228 4 месяца назад +178

    Slime mold: like that uniquely cool kid you want to hang out with but your other friends just think is "weird"...

    • @dirtysploof5890
      @dirtysploof5890 4 месяца назад +4

      grow a pair

    • @male20yearsold
      @male20yearsold 4 месяца назад +4

      am i similar to that slime mold? lol, i have this one good friend that are good with me in private, but cold with me everytime he walks with his friends.
      And yes, im fully aware that i may look (positively) weird compared to his friends,
      and i also aware they may boring to me as well m

    • @hen334
      @hen334 3 месяца назад +1

      @@male20yearsoldsounds like you just have a fake friend who just wants to be with you to waste time until he’s with other friends

    • @floofiAnimatez1234
      @floofiAnimatez1234 3 месяца назад +1

      That is. E

    • @ldubt4494
      @ldubt4494 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@hen334sounds more like the friend thinks that the person and the other friends would not get aling that well.

  • @mythplatypuspwned
    @mythplatypuspwned 4 месяца назад +47

    Wow, I've known about Slime Molds for a long time, but this is the first time I've ever heard that they're actually Amoebas. You learn something new even when watching videos on subjects you've heard and watched many times already.

  • @chrisaguilera1564
    @chrisaguilera1564 4 месяца назад +28

    You see now if someone calls you a Slime Ball, take it as a compliment.

  • @MariaMartinez-researcher
    @MariaMartinez-researcher 4 месяца назад +14

    Slime mold at the lab: "Life is hard, but conveniently predictable."

    • @HomoCyborgZombie
      @HomoCyborgZombie 4 месяца назад +1

      The salt on the bridge
      "It gets easier every day. But you have to do it every day, that's the hard part"

  • @MadamFoogie
    @MadamFoogie 4 месяца назад +96

    Slime molds are jerks. They killed my shiitake mycelium pile.

    • @samhaines8228
      @samhaines8228 4 месяца назад +20

      sawdust substrate? shiitake take quite a while to develop fruiting bodies once the mycelium dominates the substrate, like up to a year or more in some situations, so I feel your pain!
      I guess the microclimate was more favorable to the slimemold than to your mycelial culture...or it was just opportunistic and moved in and through way faster.
      Contamination is the enemy in my experience (limited though it is)

    • @MadamFoogie
      @MadamFoogie 4 месяца назад +10

      @@samhaines8228 Solid logs. Thee years old, killed in one night. Once the mold was in, there was no hope.
      Thanks for the perspective! Doesn't make me like the molds any more, though. The speed it moved at was really shocking! Only took one rain.

    • @samhaines8228
      @samhaines8228 4 месяца назад +2

      @@MadamFoogie that would be shocking! wow!

    • @MadamFoogie
      @MadamFoogie 4 месяца назад +1

      @@samhaines8228 For clarity, it was a chocolate tube slime. So gross and hairy looking. And it was HUGE! Stretching like twenty yards, trailing a b-line right into my log pile. I had no idea it could move that fast and in such volume. I still gag just thinking of it.

    • @erikreber3695
      @erikreber3695 4 месяца назад +4

      Hmmm. Sorry for your loss. Interesting conversation.

  • @jasonlow6943
    @jasonlow6943 4 месяца назад +10

    I love these slime molds... They are beyond fascinating and they really challenge our conceptualization of intelligence.

  • @effyelvira
    @effyelvira 4 месяца назад +15

    Once they are able to communicate with Orcas, it’s over for us

  • @Blabberflups
    @Blabberflups 4 месяца назад +5

    I've been waiting for an episode on slime molds forever!! ❤ So glad it finally came!

  • @KissyKat
    @KissyKat 4 месяца назад +29

    Hey Tasha! LOVE your kitty Rumi ❤❤❤

  • @TrixieTheGreat
    @TrixieTheGreat 4 месяца назад +8

    Love that Ze Frank joke at the end.

  • @slowbro1337
    @slowbro1337 4 месяца назад +8

    Had a colony of these peeps pop up a few days ago. They had the most vibrant yellow.

  • @jonathanhall1825
    @jonathanhall1825 4 месяца назад +10

    Aww such a cute kitty 🐈😊

  • @DavidThorMoses
    @DavidThorMoses 4 месяца назад +6

    This was fascinating, thank you!

  • @savannahk8415
    @savannahk8415 4 месяца назад +12

    The cat is so cute!

  • @gracesiegel7849
    @gracesiegel7849 4 месяца назад +8

    I loved this video and I LOVE your cats and the bond you share with them.

  • @uriel578
    @uriel578 4 месяца назад +1

    The information and presentation on slime molds was incredibly fascinating, but the blooper reel was truly funny, heartwarming and endearing 😊

  • @katelillo1932
    @katelillo1932 4 месяца назад +3

    Slime molds are fascinating!
    Also, that kitty 😍

  • @killerdude666
    @killerdude666 4 месяца назад +4

    I love the cat roomie adorable little guy

  • @ariadgaia5932
    @ariadgaia5932 4 месяца назад +11

    The fact that science assumes most of the biosphere is "unintelligent" or "lacks intelligence".... reeeeaaaally bothers me... 😑

    • @victory8928
      @victory8928 4 месяца назад +3

      Yeah as if intelligence isn’t a massive advantage for any multicellular organism to have. I do wonder if it is just because of the whole human centric world view. Like since we are the only species with intelligence like ours we believe that ours is the main or best form of intelligence while other forms of intelligence aren’t values or studied as much as a result or from the lens of us.

    • @ariadgaia5932
      @ariadgaia5932 4 месяца назад +1

      @@victory8928 Precisely. That view bothers me. All living things possess some form of intelligence. I'm glad that people are finally starting to see it, thou. I've been aware of it all my life.

  • @creepybearandfriends9063
    @creepybearandfriends9063 4 месяца назад +1

    LOL I play "om-noms" with my Chihuahua.😂

  • @tonydeluna8095
    @tonydeluna8095 4 месяца назад +3

    Hello Animallogic! Thank you 🙏 for another badass video!

  • @loglad5394
    @loglad5394 4 месяца назад +2

    Venom got that adrenaline momentum

  • @rooseveltNovember
    @rooseveltNovember 4 месяца назад +2

    I wonder if Slime Molds could be used as organic tissue in a robot.

    • @a5cent
      @a5cent 2 месяца назад

      Which would be useful because.... ?

    • @the_linguist_ll
      @the_linguist_ll 7 дней назад

      @@a5centBecause that’s something we’re trying to do in robotics?

    • @a5cent
      @a5cent 7 дней назад

      @@the_linguist_ll
      lol
      Surely you don't take such circular reasoning seriously. Slime mold could have provided a better answer.

    • @the_linguist_ll
      @the_linguist_ll 7 дней назад

      @@a5cent Okay bud. Most of robotics is now focused on finding ways for more fluid / free motion than traditional linkages can offer. Compliant mechanisms, and soft body robotics are the current forefronts of this, but having a machine with soft tissue that could not only be the source of movement itself but also the brain would be a massive breakthrough

  • @sobasicallyimgoated
    @sobasicallyimgoated 4 месяца назад +3

    6:26 i dont think they went that way. i think there is a shorter way between those two points

  • @osmia
    @osmia 4 месяца назад +1

    Amazing footage of them

  • @ao_qd
    @ao_qd 4 месяца назад +1

    Some of these photos look like tasty desserts! 1:23 reminds me of caramel sticks dusted with cocoa powder.

  • @NoWarInBaSingSe
    @NoWarInBaSingSe 3 месяца назад +2

    Amoebas dont have cell walls. They may have shells like testate amoeba, but not cell walls. Slime molds don't have cell walls, their spores do. Correct me if I'm wrong.

  • @levilukeskytrekker
    @levilukeskytrekker 3 месяца назад

    YES, a video on slime molds! Love these weird little guys!

  • @thatmetalhead2182
    @thatmetalhead2182 3 месяца назад

    Never thought these rudimentary looking life forms could be this intelligent.
    Great video. I learned something new.

  • @eomguel9017
    @eomguel9017 4 месяца назад +5

    How about an episode on Bromeliads, like those that act like nurseries for amphibians and Tillandsias that can grow on wire?

  • @injunsun
    @injunsun 4 месяца назад

    Tasha, @Animalogic, you are the kind of person most people don't even know they wish they knew/had in their lives. So smart, funny, amiable, nevermind beautiful. You make learning easy, like the elementary or junior high school teacher every kid wished they had. If you ever have kids, they will never know now lucky they are, compared to.... well... gurl. You see where we at.

  • @aurorajones8481
    @aurorajones8481 4 месяца назад

    Ive heard of using this biology for a baseline of new computing. Theoretically it can be on the level of quantum computing using less power and having creativity. What a neat biologic way of computing. I think its brilliant.

  • @PurpleAspiredDreaming
    @PurpleAspiredDreaming 4 месяца назад

    One more thing, before I somber off back to a warm, damp corner to munch on oats.
    Slime molds have been used in wristwatch heart monitors! They're electrically conductive and the wearer has to keep the slime happy and healthy for the watch to function, generally by feeding them oats! It's a symbiotic relationship and it gets the patients to form a healthy attachment to their goopy partners while at the same time helping themselves to some good mental health.
    Slimes deserve love! Doki doki~

  • @Vlidery13
    @Vlidery13 4 месяца назад +1

    OMG 🤩 it finally happened! Slime molds!

  • @6852660
    @6852660 4 месяца назад +1

    Please talk about phantom orchids next!

  • @TrungNguyen-du9cn
    @TrungNguyen-du9cn 4 месяца назад +1

    Scarier than Cordyceps or Alien. Yikes.

  • @kellydalstok8900
    @kellydalstok8900 4 месяца назад +1

    Tasha, your cat is adorable.

  • @ericthompson3982
    @ericthompson3982 4 месяца назад +2

    Hi, Tasha! Hi kitty!

  • @bnthern
    @bnthern 4 месяца назад

    love the smile (the kitten did not hurt) and a fun presentation

  • @cyberwolf6667
    @cyberwolf6667 4 месяца назад

    Tasha, great video, love your shirt!

  • @idkidk8278
    @idkidk8278 4 месяца назад +1

    I love slime mold!!! Great video

  • @creepybearandfriends9063
    @creepybearandfriends9063 4 месяца назад

    Next time I feel underestimated I'll say "I feel like brainless amoeba."

  • @sebastianortiz-trejo964
    @sebastianortiz-trejo964 4 месяца назад +1

    If its spores is it not possible for it to go the other way? I mean. Orchid seeds can travel far bc its so small, lightweight making them airborne

  • @medusianAllure
    @medusianAllure 4 месяца назад

    I can't remember if you did a video on this already, but chlorella and spirolina have some really neat histories beyond being health supplements.
    It would also be good to do videos on the invasive plants in Ontario. There were a few more added this year that definitely deserve some coverage and awareness.

  • @daleenalberts5829
    @daleenalberts5829 4 месяца назад +1

    Awesome information and funny😂😂

  • @mrtienphysics666
    @mrtienphysics666 4 месяца назад +1

    Next: Giant one cell creatures

  • @JustMoni_03
    @JustMoni_03 4 месяца назад

    I know slime mold is an amoeba. But the yellow slime mole looks similar to the opening sequence for ‘The Last of Us.’ 😂😂😂

  • @kimbratton9620
    @kimbratton9620 4 месяца назад +1

    They're fascinating!!

  • @melanieruddy399
    @melanieruddy399 4 месяца назад

    Oh my gosh I frickin LOVE slime molds!!

  • @wilgarcia1
    @wilgarcia1 4 месяца назад +2

    Okay but did it build an immunity to the salt, learn the path, or get motivated with the confirmation of the treat?

  • @rudyrmm3357
    @rudyrmm3357 4 месяца назад +2

    at 6:26 the Closest distance between the countries Borders is only 3557 km. / Miles: 2210 the earth is not flat you know
    and from the center of each country it's 12549.39 km. / Miles: 7797.83
    i mean it's still impressive i just don't like not complete info

  • @KryyssTV
    @KryyssTV 4 месяца назад +2

    It"s not really intelligence as much as mathmatics. When you watch a slime spread out you may notice that it forms a shape not dissimilar to the A* algorithm which is also used for efficient pathfinding to a destination. We already see many mathmatical principles within biology such as the fibonacci spiral allowing for the formation of everything from snail shells to flowers, so having more elaborate algorithms baked into biologcal behavioirs is not unexpected.

    • @the_linguist_ll
      @the_linguist_ll 7 дней назад

      I mean yeah but you can say the same for neural cells

  • @Copesthetic-Aesthetic
    @Copesthetic-Aesthetic 4 месяца назад

    I love liverworts.
    The green ones are my favorite 🐸

  • @zucottimanicotti7112
    @zucottimanicotti7112 4 месяца назад +1

    Imagine aliens visit earth and they’re living balls of snot, nature never fails to surprise 🫣👽👾

  • @user-qm9cp6ky8d
    @user-qm9cp6ky8d Месяц назад

    My grandma was the first biologist who ever been interested by the blob she is dead now she never talked about it and now im sad

  • @wilgarcia1
    @wilgarcia1 4 месяца назад +2

    kitty!!! 😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻

  • @ETBrenner
    @ETBrenner 4 месяца назад

    D'awwww I'm a fool for Siamese cats

  • @jujufifi
    @jujufifi 4 месяца назад

    So much love to Rumi!!!

  • @flamencoprof
    @flamencoprof 4 месяца назад

    06:22 Thanks for acknowledging Zealandia as a continent!

  • @zemtek420
    @zemtek420 2 месяца назад

    So I was right slime molds are smarter than trumpers.

  • @sohopedeco
    @sohopedeco 4 месяца назад

    I would like to see a video on araucarias, the ancient gymnosperm from South America 🇧🇷

  • @PurpleAspiredDreaming
    @PurpleAspiredDreaming 4 месяца назад

    I'm a very happy slimegirl now, thanks!

  • @yorovich
    @yorovich 4 месяца назад

    I love this channel ❤

  • @AtomBacon
    @AtomBacon 4 месяца назад

    I wrote a character once as a kid who had a symbiotic relationship with an otherwise parasitic slime mold. And now witching this I'm realizing a lot of the intelligence I gave it is a lot closer to reality that 13 year old me could have realized.

  • @flamencoprof
    @flamencoprof 4 месяца назад

    At another channel I suggested Slime Mould abilities utilised a kind of analogue computation. Cue a lot of confusion over the terms "analogue" and "computation".

  • @killerdude666
    @killerdude666 4 месяца назад +1

    Talk about Dotter plants next yeah

    • @animalogic
      @animalogic  4 месяца назад +1

      Already done ✅ ruclips.net/video/erIgEEZ_tmo/видео.htmlsi=hmNXVPwlntwlHRfu

  • @adamheeley285
    @adamheeley285 4 месяца назад +1

    Slime mold is looks really 'sci-fi'

  • @melodyparra2960
    @melodyparra2960 4 месяца назад +1

    The yellow slime looks like raw Scrambled eggs

  • @zellevmusic232
    @zellevmusic232 4 месяца назад

    capcom better have this as the main driving force in the next resident evil game

  • @natezuniga-qd7pe
    @natezuniga-qd7pe 4 месяца назад

    There’s a monster bursting out of your stomach!!!

  • @CortexNewsService
    @CortexNewsService 4 месяца назад

    Rumi is adorable

  • @ruperterskin2117
    @ruperterskin2117 4 месяца назад

    Cool. Thanks for sharing.

  • @gregorywilliams7263
    @gregorywilliams7263 4 месяца назад

    TASHA is INSANE!!!!😁

  • @user-bi6xe4ce2l
    @user-bi6xe4ce2l 4 месяца назад

    Venom and Carnage waiting to evolve.

  • @fdulcia8528
    @fdulcia8528 4 месяца назад

    Aaaw... cute catto 🥰

  • @mrhappy4521
    @mrhappy4521 4 месяца назад

    Gee Wally slime mold did my homework faster than chat gpt 4

  • @lokiiago_x0x
    @lokiiago_x0x 3 месяца назад

    They look like Dr Seuss trees!

  • @hyphen1210
    @hyphen1210 3 месяца назад

    This is how op is collective conciousness

  • @ArtskyHSS
    @ArtskyHSS 3 месяца назад

    I wish slime mold were more common and less disgusting looking; imagine selling slime mold at a pet store

  • @kristopher3623
    @kristopher3623 4 месяца назад

    Now can it give me the square root of 256?

  • @chadjones1266
    @chadjones1266 4 месяца назад

    Thanks again

  • @jessievelasco6074
    @jessievelasco6074 4 месяца назад

    Tasha is the greatest because she loves plants 😎

  • @allisonwonderland5149
    @allisonwonderland5149 4 месяца назад

    Love the cats. But why do they think the slime mold traveled over the ocean. Instead of just being as old as Gondwana? Just separated by time.

  • @wetcat833
    @wetcat833 4 месяца назад

    These days, Slime is smarter than most uni students.

  • @hikingglint9648
    @hikingglint9648 4 месяца назад

    Oohh a special guest! 🐱

  • @FloralDinosaur
    @FloralDinosaur 4 месяца назад

    Nooooot the vid to watch while wearing headphones. My poor misophonic ears

  • @rosesigner
    @rosesigner 4 месяца назад

    How about venomous land critters and water critters that people play with without knowing that it could kill them.

  • @footfault1941
    @footfault1941 4 месяца назад

    Today, a touch of X file! Hardly identifiable creature is on. Extremely intriguing & fascinating! A future companion to mankind .....?

  • @zodammit
    @zodammit 3 месяца назад

    Egon Spengler has entered the chat.

  • @matthewtopping2061
    @matthewtopping2061 4 месяца назад +1

    How is Tasha the Amazon's career as a rapper going?

  • @raphlvlogs271
    @raphlvlogs271 4 месяца назад

    how big can a slime mold grow in terms of the area it covers?

  • @dhaktizero4406
    @dhaktizero4406 4 месяца назад

    reason is just a not-gate away from any charged shape

  • @Leopard164
    @Leopard164 4 месяца назад

    These little creatures must be in the kingdom of Protists.

  • @divpadsmitais
    @divpadsmitais 4 месяца назад

    slime mold so cool

  • @davidbono9359
    @davidbono9359 4 месяца назад

    I wonder if anybody has used cellular automata (similar to the Game of Life) to simulate slime mold behavior?

  • @wonilsuh
    @wonilsuh 4 месяца назад

    Bur that's not intelligence. They are just casting a wide net and the most efficient paths survive while others don't.