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Smithsonian magazine disagrees on the immortality of lobsters: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dont-listen-to-the-buzz-lobsters-arent-actually-imm
by fsloth 11y ago
Smithsonian magazine disagrees on the immortality of lobsters:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dont-listen-to-the-buzz-lobsters-arent-actually-immortal-88450872/?no-ist http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dont-listen-to-...
Although, since they will eventually die of energy depletion from growing too large, if they actually stopped growing they might go on ... a lot longer?
- creshal 11y ago> Although, since they will eventually die of energy depletion from growing too large, if they actually stopped growing they might go on ... a lot longer? If humans stopped ageing they'd go on a lot longer, too. But as long as they can't it's a hypothetical scenario in both cases.
- kaffeemitsahne 11y agoMaybe it's because I'm not a lobster, but halting growth to keep energy requirements low seems like an easier problem.