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KIND OF ANIMAL:
Fungus
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FOOD
Slime molds love to snack on things that live
in moist dirt.
They eat wet bark.
They eat little bits of dead plants and animals. |
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WHERE THEY LIVE
You can find slime molds on the ground
in forests.
Turn over a rotting log and you may see
slime molds.
Look under a pile of leaves.
There may be slime molds there, too. |
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DID YOU KNOW?
- Slime molds have been living on earth for many,
many years. They probably lived at the same time as the dinosaurs. Maybe even before that.
- The name slime mold sounds really yucky. Many slime
molds are really pretty. They are lots of different colors. Some people collect slime
molds the way other people might collect stamps!
- Slime molds are fungi. Fungi are a kind of plant,
like mushrooms. But slime molds can do something really cool that mushrooms can’t do.
They can “crawl” over their food!
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want to look for more animals on the trail?
Click the arrow in the top left corner of the screen. It will be pointing to the left and
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