Immortal Jellyfish

[Meen]

"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)."

http://green.yahoo.com/blog/guest_bloggers/26/the-world-s-only-immortal-animal.html

I'd love that...turning from an old man to a young man again and again

 

[LewsTherin]

So, immortality in a constant state of flux....interesting.

 

[Joe Deadman]

Surely there must be some form of decay in some part of it??
If not then wow. We should steal its secret. And then kill it because it knows too much.

 

[delet]

Sweet, so the Fountain of Youth finally appears within... a Jellyfish. I can't wait for the Scientists to figure out how to turn humans into Jellyfish hybrids...

 

[walls of cetepedes]

Oh no... nononononono...

Now the bastards can live forever?!

I shall never be free of them!

 

[Karlaxx]

Yeah, I read about this somewhere. SOme tiny Mediterranena jellyfish that reverts back to it's first stage of life when it gets too old. It's one of my favorite facts to spout to make people think I'm smarter than I am.

 

[GodsAndFishes]

[cough] Timelord [/cough]

 

[Rainbowloid]

The secret to its immortality is obviously the philosopher's stone. You can see it right there in the middle! What else would that red thing be?

 

[Wildrow12]

Hmmm..."Jellyfish Highlander: The Stinging". I smell box office gold!

 

[DariusPoyer]

I don't have allot to add to this, but that was just a fascinating read.

what don't we have in this world by the way. It does truly seem as if life solved allot of problems, if not any conceivable problem before us, even immortality.

 

[omicron1]

{Galactic News Network Brief} Blasto the Hanar: The continuing saga! Three hundred years after attaining Spectrehood, Blasto has yet again reverted to a childlike state. Criminals across the galaxy are relieved by this several year hiatus, and law enforcement agencies are preparing for a crime surge.

 

[Latinidiot]

hmm...
and how long does the process off reverting take, I wonder

 

[ZeLunarian]

Step 1: Steal jellyfish DNA
Step 2: Steal human DNA
Step 3: ???????
Step 4: Immortality.

Awesome!!!

That reminds me of a plan to make profit from stealing underpants allright :3

ot: the fact that our physiology is SO GODDAMN different from those teeny things, they may as well have just gained immortality through MAGIC

 

[Lord Honk]

my question would be, what is the use behind this? (evolution-wise i mean) every animal, plant, and human being ages and dies, so why make an exception? mother nature (or god) you've got some wonky ideas, i mean, kangaroos, platypus, and now this xD

 

[maddawg IAJI]

Sounds like Benjamin Button only with Jellyfish. That is pretty cool in my opinon, very strange, but pretty cool.

 

[RobCoxxy]

Step 1: Steal jellyfish DNA
Step 2: Steal human DNA
Step 3: ???????
Step 4: Immortality.
Step 5: Profit.

FIXED.

 

[SnipErlite]

the jellyfish are coming! They shall rule us all

Quite. Pretty cool. Once again,

[HEADING=2]SCIENCE PREVAILS[/HEADING]

 

[omicron1]

Maybe Douglas Adams was wrong: It's not the mice. It's the jellyfish!