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Dead The Sports Guy
Number of posts : 31046 Age : 39 Location : Maryland Registration date : 2008-08-19
| Subject: A Jellyfish that can never die... Fri 19 Mar 2010, 2:43 am | |
| The turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth. Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may be no natural limit to its life span. Scientists say the hydrozoan jellyfish is the only known animal that can repeatedly turn back the hands of time and revert to its polyp state (its first stage of life). The key lies in a process called transdifferentiation, where one type of cell is transformed into another type of cell. Some animals can undergo limited transdifferentiation and regenerate organs, such as salamanders, which can regrow limbs. Turritopsi nutricula, on the other hand, can regenerate its entire body over and over again. Researchers are studying the jellyfish to discover how it is able to reverse its aging process. Because they are able to bypass death, the number of individuals is spiking. They're now found in oceans around the globe rather than just in their native Caribbean waters. " We are looking at a worldwide silent invasion," says Dr. Maria Miglietta of the Smithsonian Tropical Marine Institute. | |
| | | The Sexy Vixen Billion Dolla Princess
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| Subject: Re: A Jellyfish that can never die... Fri 19 Mar 2010, 2:53 am | |
| wow that's pretty amazing | |
| | | Paul Wyatt NCD aka Name Changing Dude
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| Subject: Re: A Jellyfish that can never die... Fri 19 Mar 2010, 2:55 am | |
| What if you try to kill it? | |
| | | Dead The Sports Guy
Number of posts : 31046 Age : 39 Location : Maryland Registration date : 2008-08-19
| Subject: Re: A Jellyfish that can never die... Fri 19 Mar 2010, 2:56 am | |
| good luck trying to kill a jellyfish | |
| | | X Ultimate Opportunist
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| Subject: Re: A Jellyfish that can never die... Fri 19 Mar 2010, 2:56 am | |
| Then it dies. it just means it won't die from age. | |
| | | The Sexy Vixen Billion Dolla Princess
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| Subject: Re: A Jellyfish that can never die... Fri 19 Mar 2010, 3:48 am | |
| those things hurt if they sting you..but if you pee on the area where it stung you, it stings less | |
| | | Venom Venom
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| Subject: Re: A Jellyfish that can never die... Fri 19 Mar 2010, 4:06 pm | |
| We were just talking about this jellyfish in my Psychology class. Don't know how it came up but my friend actually had this article printed out from another one of her classes, haha. It's really interesting. | |
| | | Sticky!! Sticky loves Mickie! Yo soy El Jefe!
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| Subject: Re: A Jellyfish that can never die... Fri 19 Mar 2010, 5:53 pm | |
| If you try to kill it whatever you wound would grow back right? | |
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