Biting off more than they can chew
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Pattern type | Oscillator | ||||||
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Number of cells | 22 | ||||||
Bounding box | 12 × 12 | ||||||
Period | 3 | ||||||
Mod | Unknown | ||||||
Heat | 10.7 | ||||||
Volatility | 0.50 | ||||||
Strict volatility | 0.50 | ||||||
Discovered by | Peter Raynham | ||||||
Year of discovery | 1972 | ||||||
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Biting off more than they can chew (or eater-bound pond) is a period 3 oscillator found by Peter Raynham in July 1972. Its alternate name of "eater-bound pond" comes from the fact that in generation 1, the object between the two eater 1s is a predecessor of the pond.
The oscillator can be extended by placing more copies of the middle object, rotating each new one by 180 degrees.
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