Slime mold solving maze

Time lapse video of a slime mold (unknown species), finding the shortest way between tow sources of food in a maze. Time lapse; original time approx. 92 h

Zeitrafferaufnahme eines Schleimpilzes (Art unbekannt). Das Plasmodium des Schleimpilzes erschliesst ein Labyrinth und findet die kürzeste Verbindung zwischen zwei Futterquellen. Dauer des Experimentes in Originalzeit ca. 4 Tage

[Orholam]

totally how I imagine aliens looking at us as we conquer the world and build vast roadways and use resources haha

[herbertherbert]

wofür braucht der überhaupt die kürzeste Verbindung von zwei Nahrungsquellen? Er muss sie doch einfach nur essen...

[iGnatiusisMe]

Terrible at math, what speed is this edited to if it's condensed from 92h to 3 minutes?
is it 184, 000% speed?

[clarkkent]

This is not slime solving a maze...

Scientists are turning into a joke.

[rogerscottcathey]

slime mould cheated climbing over the wall there. yeh, caught ya.

[blindjoe]

Title correction: "Maze with slime mold in it"

[Feuerblut]

It's in the video description: filmed in ~ 4 days.

[cosmopolitecosmopolite]

Mycelium has already been pre-distributed throughout the labyrinth, it is only growing together and is not in the process of crossing the labyrinth from the entrance to the exit.


However, I heard in an interview that it can find the shortest way from the entrance to the exit and grow.

[funkle.]

I'm pretty sure the species is Physarum Polysephalum! that's the species that seems to be used in slime mold maze experiments the most from what I've seen.

[pneitkrietnako]

I hope this is an accelerated recording

[sofiagerrero]

ahhhh puedo notar como este moho inteligente ''slime mold''es capaz de usar la ruta mas corta haci lo que se puede ver, creo como comida llega y ...ummm tambien su ramificacion creo que nutre a los que lo conforman de una manera muy similar como el corazon proporciona sangre al cuerpo

[rickallday]

This is like saying Electricity can solve a maze...

All it’s doing is taking the least path of resistance to the food or energy source.

[hydropage]

I feel like the fact that it isn’t quite a colony of cells but rather one massive cell is somewhat related to why it’s so intelligent for this. If it were a colony of cells, they’d only concern themselves with their local food sources, but this is one single organism that has to find a way to optimize its own resources to get food for itself

[WhatTheFuckIIoV]

I don't know how much this is speed up but I know that they move in a speed of 1cm per hour ^^

[samcu]

aus was besteht denn das Labyrinth ? warum überquert der schleimpilz nicht die schwarzen Ränder bzw. linen ? würde gerne mehr wissen, da ich interesse habe so etwas nach zu bauen.