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Paris zoo unveils the "blob", an organism with no brain but (almost) 720 sexes


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There's a fungus among us?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-zoo-blob/paris-zoo-unveils-the-blob-an-organism-with-no-brain-but-720-sexes-idUSKBN1WV2AD

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  On 10/17/2019 at 5:32 PM, 'stache said:

"The blob also has almost 720 sexes"

What does this even mean? Seriously, I guess i'm not "woke" on fungi gender identification.

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The short answer is each cell has something like 3 different sets of genes with 16 variations apiece that all have to line up for one cell to mingle with another. 720 sexes is just an analogy.

Edit: Also it's not a fungus

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  On 10/17/2019 at 5:46 PM, Brian Fantana said:

The short answer is each cell has something like 3 different sets of genes with 16 variations apiece that all have to line up for one cell to mingle with another. 720 sexes is just an analogy.

Edit: Also it's not a fungus

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  On 10/17/2019 at 5:12 PM, clapclapclap said:

PARIS (Reuters) - A Paris zoo showcased a mysterious new organism on Wednesday, dubbed the “blob”, a yellowish unicellular small living being which looks like a fungus but acts like an animal.

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  On 10/17/2019 at 5:38 PM, Longhornfan1024 said:

Everything they just described also describes an alien being that will eventually take over the world and end humanity.  Along with this and AI robots, has not one scientist seen a fucking sci fi movie?  Kill it with fire.

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Use the ai robots to fight the aliens.

 

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  On 10/17/2019 at 5:32 PM, 'stache said:

"The blob also has almost 720 sexes"

What does this even mean? Seriously, I guess i'm not "woke" on fungi gender identification.

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 Lets see:

1) male, female, neither, both, other

2) cis, trans

3) queer, straight, bi, asexual, curious, neutered,

pick one of each, thats 5 x 2 x 6 = 60 permutations.

 

That's all I got. Somebody else needs to come up with the other 660 possibilities.

 

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  On 10/21/2019 at 8:48 PM, High Plains Drifter said:

 

 Lets see:

1) male, female, neither, both, other

2) cis, trans

3) queer, straight, bi, asexual, curious, neutered,

pick one of each, thats 5 x 2 x 6 = 60 permutations.

 

That's all I got. Somebody else needs to come up with the other 660 possibilities.

 

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Incel? 659 to go.

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