What news from the blob?

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Audrey Dussutour in her laboratory.

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By: Caroline Lachowsky

2 min

What news from the Blob?

From this unattractive and fascinating UFO, neither animal nor plant, this brainless genius, revealed and studied by Audrey Dussutour, who will share with us the latest exploits of his blobs… and it's worth the detour!

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Let's take a look at a UFO, an unidentified living organism, neither plant, animal, nor fungus composed of a single cell: the blob! 

Physarum polycephalum

for initiates, has no mouth, stomach, eyes, or legs, and yet it eats (a lot), moves (very quickly), perceives light and changes shape when it suits him ... Devoid of a brain and nervous system, he is nevertheless able to develop incredible strategies to ensure his survival.

Blobs have become stars in laboratories in Japan as well as in the United States and Italy.

In France, the blob has also made its debut

at Vincennes Zoo

and even in the Larousse dictionary.

With

Audrey Dussutour

, researcher at the CNRS, in Toulouse.

She specializes in ants and unicellular organisms, including the famous blob.

The film

The Blob, a genius without a brain

, directed by Jacques Mitsch, is available on VOD on the Arte.tv website.

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