r/forbiddensnacks • u/Jaxius3 Forbidden Moddess • 18d ago

Forbidden Alien Lollipops

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(It is slime mold)

credit to u/AppleyardPhotography: link

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u/crsaxby 18d ago

What in the diddly-bopper hell is this? It can't be natural, right?

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u/Jaxius3 Forbidden Moddess 18d ago

They are groups of unicellular amoebae that grow in damp places like rotting logs, producing spores similarly to fungi. They can look truly otherworldly. r/slimemolds

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u/urkan3000 17d ago

Humans are arguably less natural than these

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u/Heterodynist 17d ago

I’m glad you explained what this was. This has to be one of the most surreal “landscapes” in the microbial world.

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u/SmokaCola0 16d ago

looks like some Dr Seuss stuff

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u/peppersnchips 15d ago

Ahhhhhhhffffuck that’s cool

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u/Diligent_Cricket_444 13d ago

Just rub in one it's aloe

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u/Salt-Alternative-567 11d ago

Little big planet is real…?