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Quote (juliusjuice @ Dec 24 2009 06:59pm)
there is no other organism quite like this. yes a tree can live for 10 thousand years, possibly forever. but this jellyfish reverts to polyp stage (infancy) after becoming sexually mature. it actually reverses its life cycle. 100% percent of these particular jellyfish do this.

i wonder if this means they are incapable of evloving further? dunno why i think that.


Well assuming the reproduce once they're sexually mature there should still be evolution. Pretty cool fact though.
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Quote (Pootmasta_P @ Dec 20 2009 11:05pm)
Several trees and fish also have similar capabilities :D


ORLY. WHAT KIND ;D
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Quote (BrianPeppers @ Dec 24 2009 09:20pm)
Well assuming the reproduce once they're sexually mature there should still be evolution. Pretty cool fact though.


but the "grandfathers" keep re-entering the gene pool.
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