Sunday, June 20, 2010

Forever Young [Turritopsis Nutricula Jellyfish Life Cycle Revert]

This article on Mother Nature Network makes mention of the rather unique ability of the turritopsis nutricula to revert back to its polyp stage after reaching maturity, which presumably allows the organism to escape the confines of a normal life span.

Immortal is the new 20
I wish it was so easy for the rest of us to start all over again.

1 comment:

Killa said...

On the site yewknee.com where the original article was linked, the hands-down best comment was

"The only way to kill it is with ice beam and five missiles."