>>12441528Slime mould
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEyWwUNj_esPlace a fist full of oats on the ground during spring to fall and check a few times a day. Then experiment with different agar substrates, recombination to see what properties remain. American polycephalus likes artificial fertilizer grown oat more than ecological grown, and vice versa. One can also make it tolerable to salt, or hook it up to electronic sensors yielding some result it may or may not like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEyWwUNj_es