A New Form Of Life?

Thanks to Eddie Campbell's blog, I got directed to this fascinating video. I think the inventor has more faith in his creations' ability to survive in the wild than I do, and I don't for a minute buy that this is really a new type of living creature, but it's still pretty incredible. In fact, I'm now having to rethink some of my skepticism around those crazy contraptions that the Professor came up with, using only bamboo and coconuts, back on Gilligan's Island!