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IMMORTAL animals

valenci [Edit] [Delete] 8 replies 15:07, 23 October '14

Having seen this in the improvements thread, thought this was worthy of its own.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dohrnii

Could any sciency types clarify if we can steal/replicate bits of these dudes so we can live forever as long as we manage to avoid getting run over?

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  • Oh for fu...

    meths | 23 Oct '14, 15:09 | X
    badmanreturns and Lucien this'd this
  • we can

    you just need to stun one of these and then eat it raw. Then again, I've done more physics than biology.

    foppyish | 23 Oct '14, 15:09 | X
    • no rude "jokes" here please

      foppyish @foppyish | 23 Oct '14, 15:10 | X
  • Immortal jellyfish

    umlaut_ampersand | 23 Oct '14, 15:10 | X
    Gorkys_Forever, ElthamsmateOwen, ohgood, meths, and Royter-Hatfood this'd this
  • what the colonial stage?

    dans?

    "it is the only known case of an animal capable of reverting completely to a sexually immature, colonial stage after having reached sexual maturity as a solitary stage"

    noise_ramones | 23 Oct '14, 15:11 | X
    • Um.

      its basically like a butterfly reverting back to a caterpillar. Except the caterpillar lives in a colony.

      Sort of. (Not my area)

      Dans @noise_ramones | 23 Oct '14, 15:26 | X
      • ah yeah makes sense

        I was momentarily confused as the phrase colonial period makes me think solely of the victorians talking about the white man's burden

        noise_ramones @Dans | 23 Oct '14, 15:53 | X
  • 'deterioration of the bell'

    no thanks.

    DanOccupanther | 23 Oct '14, 15:13 | X
    blisters this'd this
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