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Old 12 March 2007, 03:22 AM
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Ponder Flatworms learn from eating other flatworms

Comment: I have heard it said that a flatwork that eats another flatworm
will absorb the knowledge of the eaten flatworm. In the book Phantoms by
Dean Koontz, he tells the story of the flatworm in a maze, and when it
reaches the end, it is chopped up and fed to another flatworm who them
manages to find his way to the food the first time.

Is there any truth in this?
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