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interesting, maybe by studying these animals we will discover new tricks to live longer

• exclusiv 10y ago
  Definitely. Some say lobsters can live forever since they don't age, others up to about 500 years due to telomerase and jelly fish potentially forever from being able to rejuvenate. If we can slow down our aging we could live much longer and better lives. I'm a firm believer that nature has the secret answers to everything. Relevant discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12271109 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12271109
  • Joof 10y ago
    Live like a jellyfish. bloop bloop
    • piaste 10y ago
      Right? What a pointless life. Who could possibly enjoy it? Now excuse me for the brevity, I have an awesome game of Candy Crush to finish. I think I'll get a new high score. Bloop bloop!
  • pvaldes 10y ago
    Only a few species of hydrozoan from genus Turritopsis. They are able to just revert between polyp and jellyfish so technically never die, but is a little like a species of embrio growing inside the body so could be said also that they clone itselves and their clon takes the place. In that sense much more vegetables are inmortal, with a little help from humans. We can trace easily some cultivars to several thousand years and a few historically relevant specimens to 2000 years ago or so. I'm talking of a single individual, not of the species.