The Immortal Jellyfish

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When you think of immortality, what comes to mind? For me, I imagine vampires, Voldemort, and gods from mythology. But never would I have imagined that the embodiment of immortality would have been none other than the humble jellyfish. Turritopsis nutricula is a species of hydrozoan (jellyfish) that is capable of a process named transdifferentiation.  This…

Panda: F, Great White Shark: A+

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I recently came across an interesting blog which makes it its mission to objectively review animal species and award each a letter grade. Here’s an excerpt from the jellyfish review. (Important preliminary knowledge: Jellyfish don’t have brains.) Not only have they traveled the world and done fairly well despite their brainlessness, jellyfish also manage to…