Paris Zoo Unveils Bizarre, Brainless ‘Blob’ Capable of Learning

—and Eating Oatmeal, says Smithsonian.

The Paris Zoological Park is home to some 180 species, many of which would be considered standard zoo fare: zebras, giraffes, penguins, toucans, turtles and the like. But this week, the Zoological Park will unveil a new exhibit featuring a bizarre creature that has surprised and puzzled scientists for decades. It’s formally known as Physarum polycephalum, but zoo staff have dubbed it the “blob.”

Sometimes these things just write themselves.

Area 51 – New Extraterrestrial Lifeform Discovered

Taking it’s place alongside the “Greys”, the “Little Green Men”, and the “Reptiloids”, is the newly discovered eyeless “Purple Puffinoid.” The Puffinoid is thought to be a distant cousin of the “One-eyed, One-horned, Flyin’ Purple People Eater”.

Sheb Wooley — The Purple People Eater Original Version

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