In Pictures: 'Blob' makes first appearance at Paris zoo
The blob also has almost 720 sexes, can move without legs or wings and heals itself
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The 'blob' slime mould (Physarum polycephalum), a single-celled organism forming over tree chunk, is pictured at the Paris Zoological Park during a press preview in Paris, France.
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The 'blob', a yellowish unicellular small living being which looks like a fungus but acts like an animal
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A Paris zoo showcased a mysterious new organism on Wednesday, dubbed the "blob"
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This newest exhibit of the Paris Zoological Park has no mouth, no stomach, no eyes, yet it can detect food and digest it.
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Physarum Polycephalum better known as a 'blob'
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The blob was named after a 1958 science-fiction horror B-movie.
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The 'blob', slime mould (Physarum polycephalum), a single-celled organism forming over a pieces of tree chunk, is pictured at the Paris Zoological Park during a press preview in Paris, France
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The 'blob' is pictured at the Paris Zoological Park during a press preview in Paris, France
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The blob can move without legs or wings and heals itself in two minutes if cut in half
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Petri dishes containing cultures of Physarum Polycephalum better known as 'blob'
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A screen showing an enlarged image of a Physarum Polycephalum better known as a 'blob'
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