Friday, March 19, 2010

An Immortal Jellyfish?

Now this is one weird-assed creature.

Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may be no natural limit to its life span. Scientists say the hydrozoan jellyfish is the only known animal that can repeatedly turn back the hands of time and revert to its polyp state (its first stage of life).

I wonder if we can cull the secret of immortality from these weird creatures. The look just like some kind of alien to me.

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