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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Will" data-source="post: 1307060" data-attributes="member: 5566">I find it interesting that trees and other amorphous beings can be severely damaged and grow back.You can cut down a tree, and have new growth come up out of the stump. You can do some severe gross damage and have a tree survive... unless it gets sick.That, to me, speaks of a massive gulf between the functioning of plants and animals. And giant slime molds/oozes are even moreso.Most complex animals (beyond some worms and such) are centralized to a great degree. There are bits that are a lot like an off switch. If you damage these specific bits... well, the rest of the flesh is fine, but the creature is dead.This goes beyond noting that the animate statue has narrow bits at the bottom.</blockquote>