The 'blob': zoo showcases slime mold with 720 sexes that can heal itself in minutes

The unusual organism has no mouth but can detect and digest food, and no brain yet can learn

A Paris zoo has showcased a slime mold, dubbed the "blob", a yellowish, unicellular, small living being which looks like a fungus but acts like an animal.

This newest exhibit of the Paris Zoological Park, which goes on display to the public on Saturday and is widely used in scientific experiments, has no mouth, no stomach, no eyes, yet it can detect food and digest it.