March 14, 2014

Immortal Jellyfish

immortal jellyfish


Believe it or not, this jellyfish is biologically immortal. The jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii but formerly classified as Turritopsis nutricula, can revert back to its childhood stage through a process called transdifferentiation.  It can only be killed by predation or by getting sick.

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