Apparently one species of jellyfish has the ability to not only regrow a limb, but to regenerate their entire body and become a polyp and start over. They don't die. It is called transdifferentiation, which is when one type of cell turns into a different type of cell.
While I would like to go back to time when my body was younger looking and my metabolism could burn off calories while sitting on the couch, I'm not so sure I would want to go back to the baby stage.
(photo: Peter Schuchert)
March 19, 2010
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1 people think my kids are qtpies:
I LOVE the total beauty of Jelly fish, its my most favorite exibit at the aquarium.
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