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Complexity Theory in Icky Action: Meet the Slime Mold | Wired Science | Wired.com: "Complexity Theory in Icky Action: Meet the Slime Mold

* By Brandon Keim Email Author
* February 15, 2008 |
* 7:00 am |
* Categories: Animals
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Slime_mold_undermulch There are few creatures more remarkable than the lowly slime mold.

But is the slime mold really a creature? Or is it a fungus? If it’s not a fungus, is it a single entity — or millions? Or both?

Hence its remarkability."