Dictyostelid

I was assinged a project in Biology recently and we had to choose from a list of bizarre animals, the list only had the names. I chose the Dicyostelid, figuring it would be interesting. It turns out that Dicyostelium are microscopic slime moulds when faced the with no food will form together to make a psuedoplasmodium or slug (not to be confused with the gross animal which leaves a slimy trail). They have been used by many biologists and geneticists for scientific experiments.