An interesting article about employing myxomycetes: http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2010/01/slime_mould_attacks_simulates_tokyo_rail_network.php I think they need a union tho' - remuneration is only in oat flakes! frog
Yes, but to a slime mould, oat flakes are the goods. Fascinating! As Hercule Poirot would say: It gives one furiously to think, n'est-ce pas?
Hmm. Makes me think of fractals...the way in which trees grow, the way cell phone antennas are configured...whoa. Heavy-duty stuff to contemplate. As we used to say back in the day: Everything IS everything. If we can submerge our human egos and simply observe, we will see that nature has already provided the answers we seek.
I was just reading an article about slime mold (mainly the Many-headed variety)....about how it's send out the 'fingers'...then fill in with the munchers. I believe it was discribed there as a city map. :o)