“Immortal” Jellyfish Ages Backwards

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robot-heart:

Scientists have just identified a 5mm-long jellyfish they call Turritopsis Nutricula, originally from the Caribbean but soon to be everywhere, which has the ability to “return to a juvenile state” after multiplying. According to the Smithsonian Tropical Marine Institute, this is the only known animal which is capable of quite literally reverting to its younger self, through a cell process called transdifferentiation. “Scientists believe the cycle can repeat indefinitely, rendering it potentially immortal,” the Telegraph reports.

We’re doomed.

Wow.

Source: robot-heart

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  1. itsallaboutromeo reblogged this from chadsugg and added:
    Everytime I read this, I gets me shocked and well I think it’s so awesome.
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    in-sane. you know loreal and clinique are battling for the rights to use jelly-fish serum in some kind of new...
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    this worries me. the first thing i thought of when k told me about it was that this means, because we’re oh-so-clever...
  12. saarak reblogged this from chadsugg and added:
    yes.. i am about the 34567876567865676567876 person to reblog this.. but i must say how cool this is. i looked it up and...
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    The Immortal Case of Benjamin Jellybutton!
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  18. aberjona reblogged this from gregbrown and added:
    Will someone please call in Dr. Zoidberg so he might bestow greetings upon our future, gelatinous overlords.
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  21. counterfeitredhead reblogged this from robot-heart and added:
    I was going to say something about it being a Benjamin Button jellyfish, but deusexmchna beat me to the punch.
  22. zayile reblogged this from robot-heart and added:
    Awesome. But horrific too. Does this mean gradually the world will become overrun with immortal jellyfish?!
  23. deusexmchna reblogged this from robot-heart and added:
    Its the Benjamin Button of the Sea! Except..you know… Different?
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