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Put on your thinking caps: Now's a prime time to think about slime! Here's a pop quiz and special salute to all things slippery and slithery. 1) The stinkhorn, a disgusting fungus that grows on wood, smells just like decaying meat. Its thick stalk is topped with a ball of stinky, jelly-like slime which is mainly used to: a: trap flies, which it then digests with special enzymes. b: help it reproduce. c: scare predators away. 2. In medieval times, people believed that eating animal brains would: a: make their blood thicker and healthier. b: keep their own brains healthy. c: taste better with salt and oregano. c: all of the above. The human brain weighs about 3 pounds. If all the water was squeezed out of it, it would then weigh: a: 2 pounds b: 1 pound c: less than half a pound It lives about 3 feet underground, covers 2.5 square miles and has been alive for centuries. What is it? a: a slimy fungus b: a colony of termites c: algae About a half-mile below the ground, with no source of light, a special type of slime fungus has been known to eat: a: molten lava b: rock c: pure nitrogen gas Well, let's see how ya did.

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