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  1. 10-30-2005 03:56 AM #1
    PeterGustafsson
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    507 sexes

    Hi!


    That is part of life, if one is a living being of the clade Myxomycetes. I read about them in a paper recently. Among other characteristics, they:
    1. Are unicellular, but can be seen by the naked eye
    2. Can move and eat, but are not animals
    3. Can navigate a maze, but do not have a brain
    4. Exist in 507 sexes, but only need two to reproduce
    5. Have many cell cores, but only one cell

    Wow! Can it be more strange than that? Seems like the content of a bad 50ies horror movie, or the dreams after having consumed mind-altering substances. Imagine the sight of a clump of snot moving around on a dead leaf. Oh, their english name is slime molds.

    Now go and enjoy your meal!


    Have a nice time!

    Peter Gustafsson
  2. 10-30-2005 04:25 AM #2
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    Another crazy whiteman.
  3. 10-30-2005 04:37 AM #3
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    Hmm... Would be nice to have some. With some Sudan-III substance I could separate the proteins, lipids with another substance... Hell, it'd be fun to analyze their biochemical structure.
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  4. 10-30-2005 04:38 AM #4
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    Weird sounding..things.
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  5. 10-30-2005 04:39 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by LUDICROUS
    Weird sounding..things.
    fungi. Those are special kinds of fungi.
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  6. 10-30-2005 04:44 AM #6
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    Lol I stand corrected.
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  7. 10-30-2005 04:51 AM #7
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    Sorry... I just learn Advanced Biology... It's pretty much fun. Especially works like this.
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  8. 10-30-2005 09:22 AM #8
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    That fungi reminds me of a Chaos Amobea. They have all the charecteristics of what you said, except they only have one sex and dont have that much of a define cell core.
    A vulture boards an airplane, carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at him and says, "I'm sorry, sir, only one carrion allowed per passenger."
  9. 10-30-2005 02:18 PM #9
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    1. 'Chaos Amoeba' would be an excellent name for a band.

    2. What would their love songs be like?
    And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?
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    Quote Originally Posted by BrianH
    1. 'Chaos Amoeba' would be an excellent name for a band.

    2. What would their love songs be like?
    I love you like a quivering mass of slime loves moisture.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cornflower
    I love you like a quivering mass of slime loves moisture.
    Wow! Did you by any chance already copyright that lyric?
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  12. 10-31-2005 10:49 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterGustafsson
    4. Exist in 507 sexes, but only need two to reproduce
    But can you imagine the fun you would have trying to mate with all 506 of your sexual counterparts?
    One test is worth a thousand opinions.
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  13. 10-31-2005 11:43 AM #13
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    Hi!

    Quote Originally Posted by parrythis
    But can you imagine the fun you would have trying to mate with all 506 of your sexual counterparts?
    Well, it gets better. Each individual can only mate with 208 or the other sexes.

    Just imagine the clubbing scene if humans were like that!



    Have a nice time!

    Peter Gustafsson
  14. 10-31-2005 11:45 AM #14
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    I'm wondering if everyone fits everyone else, or you have to go around looking for a lock to fit your key.
    And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?
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  15. 10-31-2005 12:46 PM #15
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    It sounds an awful lot like playing a game of "Tetris"
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  16. 10-31-2005 01:35 PM #16
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    Only more fun than Tetris.
    And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?
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  17. 10-31-2005 02:25 PM #17
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    I dunno - I used to have a LOT of fun playing Tetris... I didn't get out much then.

    I'm suddenly reminded of Plato's Symposium, where each person is out looking for the other half that makes him whole, regardless of what sex that person is. But I digress.
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    Quote Originally Posted by swordwench
    I'm suddenly reminded of Plato's Symposium, where each person is out looking for the other half that makes him whole, regardless of what sex that person is. But I digress.
    Sounds like more fun than Tetris.
    One test is worth a thousand opinions.
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  19. 10-31-2005 04:08 PM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterGustafsson
    Well, it gets better. Each individual can only mate with 208 or the other sexes.
    Even so... Multiply that times the number of positions they can do it in... (I hear they're pretty flexible!)... and the number of combinations is staggering!
    One test is worth a thousand opinions.
    I ain't as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was. - Toby Keith
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  20. 10-31-2005 04:15 PM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by BrianH
    I'm wondering if everyone fits everyone else, or you have to go around looking for a lock to fit your key.
    yeah, and imagine the black market for adapters.....
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