Something for your next Cthulhupunk game:
Paris zoo unveils the 'blob' slime mould with 720 sexes which looks like a fungus but acts like an animal
"If we put it in a maze, it will learn and take the best route out of the maze to find its food. If we put an obstacle in front of it — the blob hates salt, for example — it won't get past it right away, even if there is food behind it.
"Then the blob will learn how to get past the barrier and get to its food, and it will start to do this more quickly and more strongly.
"If we fuse two blobs together, the one which learned will transmit its knowledge to the other, and so, it will know directly how to get past this barrier."