Why adopt a blob?

You’ve already heard about it, and maybe your children have even asked you for one. Everyone seems to want to adopt a blob. But what’s got into them?

As a child, did you dream of adopting a dinosaur?

Small players! They’re only 250 million years old at most, and there’s not a single one left standing today.

Instead, how about adopting a primitive form of life made up of a single, simple cell, 2 to 4 times older than the dinosaurs, straight from the frontiers of evolution 500 million to 1 billion years ago. A creature that survived the extinction of your stupid giant lizards, the great ice ages and will probably even survive our own species.

Beware… for almost two decades, scientists from all over the world have been actively monitoring it.

This creature is the slime mold, also known as… the blob!

Several laboratory cameras have revealed the beginnings of a surprising intelligence when confronted with complex challenges.

In its favourite domain, optimising networks, it is capable of beating in 24 hours the score that took Japanese engineers years to achieve.

Did you know that British researchers have even studied the possibility of communication between blobs using bioelectric signals ?

A living Rosetta stone – Why does the blob fascinate?

The blob has mastered the art of finding simple solutions to seemingly complex problems. Quite often, it hacks life.

Thanks to the blob, it is possible to understand how intelligence emerges..

But how on earth can you be clever without a brain?

A backdoor to the world of science

Embark on a great scientific adventure that pushes against the grain of our certainties about life. There are still many enigmas surrounding the blob. Some crucial discoveries, daring enough to challenge our scientific knowledge, have been brought to light by astonishingly simple experiments. Experiments that anyone can easily reproduce in their own kitchen.

Who knows, maybe you’ll be the catalyst for the next great discovery?

6 great reasons to Adopt a Blob

(or how to justify adopting a blob to your family and colleagues)

1

Scientific and personal exploration

Feed your curiosity and tame science by developing your observational, deductive and logical skills.

2

Intriguing conversations

With a blob by your side, you’ll have plenty of exciting conversations. Share your experience with friends and family and arouse their curiosity about this amazing little creature.

3

An affordable friend

You don’t need much to make a blob happy. Everything you need for adoption is included in the blob set. Over time, you’ll simply need to buy some agar agar and oatmeal, which you can often find for a tiny price in any grocery shop.

4

Simple, ethical experimentation with living things

If you’re looking for a practical way of experimenting with biology without causing suffering, forget the age-old frog cutting!

Instead, adopt a creature that you’ll enjoy helping to thrive. Blobs are fascinating organisms, but they have no nervous system. The latest findings in scientific ethics do not suggest that the blob is a sentient organism. In this regard, they are closer to plants. They are also very easy to grow and satisfy. Unlike sentient animals (such as frogs, rodents, etc.), which require much greater attention and involvement.

5

The only pet with a pause button

The blob is undoubtedly one of the least restrictive organisms to adopt:

• takes up very little space,
• can be fed with the oatmeal from your breakfast,
• doesn’t bark,
• doesn’t shed,
• doesn’t pee on the carpet.

And to top it all off, when you’ve finished watching him or when you go on holiday, there’s no need for a pet sitter: just put him back to sleep! He then needs no further care until you decide to wake him up… even years later. You’ll receive him in this sleeping state in your blob set. Perfect as a gift.

6

It stimulates creativity…

… both scientific and artistic! Blobs are living canvases, works of art in motion. Some artists and designers include blobs in their projects because of their strange and unique appearance. Let them inspire you freely for your own creative projects and watch how they transform simplicity into pure beauty.

Buy a blob set: a real ready-to-use pocket laboratory

A wonderful gift for 5 to 122 year olds!

The best reasons to give (or treat yourself to) a blob:

• A birthday
• Christmas celebrations
• Halloween
• A good mark in science – you have to know how to reward yourself
• A bad mark in science – the blob is a better teacher!
• A promotion at work
• Back to school
• School holidays
• An introductory science workshop
• Your nephew or grandchildren come to visit you
• A treasure hunt
• A disappointment in love – the blob provides company and consolation like no other!

Extreme emergencies:

• The house Furby has passed away
• The Tamagotchi has run out of battery – and you may have contributed to this…
• You’ve already caught all the Pokémon

Non-exhaustive list: other events may also require you to adopt a blob.