Meet the small yellow worm that can REGROW its own head - and its old memories. If the planarian worm's head is cut off it can regenerate a new oneScientists have found this new head contains memories from the old oneThis suggests memories are stored in another part of the body By Victoria Woollaston Published: 14:19 GMT, 11 July 2013 | Updated: 16:26 GMT, 11 July 2013 Scientists have discovered that not only can the planarian worm regrow its head if its cut off, the regenerated brain contains the same memories that were stored in the decapitated one.
Researchers from Tufts University in Boston tested the memory of the planarian worms by measuring how long it took them to reach food in a lab environment. The small yellow worms had been trained to ignore the bright lights in the lab so they could find their meals without being distracted and the scientists found that even after decapitation worms remembered this training. How Slime Mold Gets Organized - Images. The Ice Worm Cometh.
Article #334 • written by Alan Bellows This is the prototype for our new-and-experimental Short variety of article.
If well-received, these Shorts will help to fill the gaps between full articles. Please let us know what you think...who likes short Shorts? In 1887, a glacial geologist named George Frederick Wright was hiking across the Muir Glacier in southeast Alaska when something strange caught his eye. 'Where are you headed, dude?': Incredible video shows octopus heave itself from the water and WALK on dry land. By Michael Zennie Updated: 12:58 GMT, 24 November 2011 It's a creature that's so shy, scientists know little about its behavior in the wild.
But an Eastern Pacific Red Octopus outside San Francisco, California, was friendly enough that it hoisted itself from the water and walked about on dry land, much to the amazement of spectators who captured the entire thing on video. 'Where are you headed, dude? '