Source: Amusement Life 2 (February 1983)
Scan source: DFJustin (Internet Archive)

The prettiest sergal on the block, not the smartest.
Source: Amusement Life 2 (February 1983)
Scan source: DFJustin (Internet Archive)
During first contact it's revealed that somehow the blue blur is a universal constant and every species in the galaxy has a pivotal point in their development where they must invent Sonic the Hedgehog or they will never survive to explore the heavens.
I just learned that slime molds aren't a single taxonomical group but rather a broad group of similar organisms spread across most non-animal eukaryotic branches and I don't know what to do with this information.