Long6 snake (or absurdly long snake) is a 12-cell still life, an extension of snake.
Construction
This still life is known to be constructible with 7 gliders.[1] A 7-glider synthesis was found in March 2021.[2] Some known syntheses can be found in Mark Niemiec's database.[3]
x = 38, y = 51, rule = B3/S23
25bo$25bobo$25b2o9$4bo$5bo$3b3o3$28b2o$28bobo$31bo$32bo$33bo$34bo$9bo
25bobo$10bo25b2o$8b3o$3o$2bo$bo3$24bo$23b2o$23bobo5$6b2o$7b2o$6bo9$28b
2o$27b2o$29bo!
#C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]
#C [[ HEIGHT 500 THEME Book ZOOM 10 AUTOSTART GPS 10 T 0 PAUSE 1 T 20 PAUSE 3 T 66 PAUSE 2 LOOP 67 ]]
| A 7G synthesis[4]
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x = 42, y = 31, rule = B3/S23
4bo$2bobo$3b2o3$14bobo$15b2o$7bo7bo$obo5bo$b2o3b3o23b2o$bo30bobo$35bo$
36bo$37bo$38bo$39bobo$40b2o2$34b2o$34bobo$34bo2$8b2o$7bobo$9bo$27b3o$
27bo$28bo$8b3o$10bo$9bo!
#C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]
#C [[ HEIGHT 380 THEME Book ZOOM 10 AUTOSTART GPS 10 T 0 PAUSE 1 T 20 PAUSE 3 T 30 PAUSE 1 T 42 PAUSE 2 LOOP 43 ]]
| A 8G synthesis[3]
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Occurrence
- See also: List of common still lifes, List of still lifes with 12 cells
Among the 121 still lifes with 12 cells, this is the rarest of them all according to Catagolue.
There are no collisions in octohash, octo3obj or octo3g databases with this still life occurring in the ash.
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