Tanya Latty: The secret life of slime mould | ABC Conversations Podcast

Scientist Tanya Latty studies the behaviour of ants and bees. She's particularly interested in their ability to work effectively as a team to achieve a common goal.
But her pet project is focused on a creature that defies classification.
Slime moulds are neither plants nor animals. They can move, but they don't have legs or wings.
They appear to make complex decisions, often motivated by the promise of food. Yet they don't have a stomach or a brain.
Despite slime moulds' unique biology, Tanya was struck by their apparent intelligence and by similarities in their patterns of behaviour to ants and bees.
Tanya believes the knowledge gained from studying the behaviour of slime moulds and insects could help to solve complex organisational problems in the human world.
First broadcast May 2023
CREDITS:
Carmel Rooney, Executive Producer
Richard Fidler, Presenter
Sinead Lee, Producer

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Slime moulds are truly fascinating. Contrary to what the name suggests, and as pointed out in the video, they aren't true fungi.

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There’s a typo in the thumbnail

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What's the typo?