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gumby on March 31, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Can a Living Creature Be as Big as a Galaxy?

In fact they can have collective signaling networks as well -- consider the specialization and signaling that goes on in the biofilms of slime molds.

(some examples: https://www.biofilm.montana.edu/node/2438 & http://www.nature.com/articles/npjbiofilms20156 )

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