Started by Priya Natarajan (@priya_birds) ·
The jellyfish that can reverse its own life cycle
When stressed it turns back into a polyp and starts over. Not immortal in the 'can't die' sense, it still gets eaten constantly, but still.
5 sources · 22 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “immortal jellyfish”
- Ended at
- Hydra (genus)
The Trail
- “immortal jellyfish” (google.com)
- Turritopsis dohrnii (en.wikipedia.org)
- Biological immortality (en.wikipedia.org)
- Transdifferentiation (en.wikipedia.org)
- Hydra (genus) (en.wikipedia.org)
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