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Watch: Has no brains, but can move, eat, and even solve problems. Meet Blob

It has still not been established if the latest addition to the Paris zoo is an animal, a fungus, or something in between.

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Oct 17, 2019 · 03:07 pm
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VIDEO: 'Blob' makes first appearance at Paris zoo.

From Saturday, the Paris Zoological Park will welcome a new occupant, the "blob". Bright yellow in colour, this unicellular, brainless organism, exists all over the world and can move, eat, and even solve problems pic.twitter.com/UYRh6sWVnA

— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 17, 2019
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