There is an 'immortal jellyfish' called Turritopsis dohrnii. Instead of dying it shrinks, absorbs its tentacles, settles on the seafloor as a blob-like cyst, becomes a polyp (the jellyfish's previous (www.nhm.ac.uk)

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[-] notenbrood@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Would be rad if we had little animals transforming into blobs and polyps, and back again on land. Oh, your little pet blob died? No worries it’s just reforming and will be back in a day or so.

[-] KnittingTrekker@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Essentially it's a Phoenix, without the flames!

[-] Robochocobo@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

nature is WILD

[-] 2ndtryagain@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

So much of deep see life looks so completely from anything on land.

[-] v13@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah! It's really interesting. I'm personally afraid to go under water and check things out, I'm so fascinated by it though.

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