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This jellyfish is the only known animal on Earth that cannot die of old age. When it gets sick or injured, it reverts back to a baby — and starts its entire life over again. Scientists call it biolog…

Full title: This jellyfish is the only known animal on Earth that cannot die of old age. When it gets sick or injured, it reverts back to a baby — and starts its entire life over again. Scientists call it biologically immortal.

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tbf lobsters do die of old age, they have to molt and at some point that ends up going wrong and they die.

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It's not the old age that kills them though. They molt, that goes badly and they die whilst they're vulnerable.

They don't die through the aging process.

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lemmy.today

Elon asshole is probably trying to figure out how to do that.

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Probably in more than one way. He probably wants to turn women into children so he can rape them too.

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I can't say i have looked but I have seen videos of eels and octopus being put up there. Maybe jellyfish are too extreme to not find it if you're not specifically looking for it.

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I'm sure plenty of non-assholes are researching it too, no need to give him all the credit.

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