This Jellyfish Is Immortal

Turritopsis dohrnii is a species of biologically immortal jellyfish that can cheat death

#shorts #immortaljellyfish #immortal #immortalanimal #animal #animals #animalfacts #animalshorts #animaldocumentary #oceancreatures #nature #wildlife #wildlifeanimals

[spacedude]

Imagine having that as a generational pet

[kyonezumi]

the jellyfish has godmode, but the jellyfish can't save

[joey]

Death Reaper: *shows up*
Jellyfish: I'm about to ruin this man's whole career.

[dominocrownbromark]

Its immortal until someone steps on it

[HighMojo]

Me: Genie, I want to be immortal
Genie: Turns me into a jellyfish.

[BeastProductions.]

2 billion years later when no water.
😂

[debbyframzese]

I would love to hit the reset button on my life and do things again. A little differently of course😂

[mimimills]

unless someone kills it before they hit the 'reset' evil mustache*

[rydag]

It sound great but there’s no way in hell I’d want to go through puberty again 😂😂😂

[Just_Simplfied]

Nah, that jellyfish playin on creative mode

[darth.dominus.the.savage]

"To cheat death is a power only one has achieved but if we work together i know we can discover the secret"

Darth jellyfish probably-

[frozen_dusk]

It really looks like a lamp you can turn on and off

[anirbanbiswas]

Imagine humans beings having this power.☠️

[PortalBloxFruit]

"pressed the reset button" bro respawned like roblox 💀

[Wetbread.]

Jellyfish when a predator bit off his four legs: nah this run is already ruin imma start a new run again

[joycollector]

For those who thought it was immortal it’s not actually immortal it can’t die from old age but when eaten by a small fish then it’s dead for example a sea turtle or a sunfish can eat the immortal jellyfish

[starrynyxx]

The Jellyfish: I’ve lived on this planet since the dinosaurs still existed, when will I just stop existing ☠️

[DJStratosOffical]

Turritopsis dohrnii, also known as the immortal jellyfish, is a species of small, biologically immortal jellyfish[2][3] found worldwide in temperate to tropic waters. It is one of the few known cases of animals capable of reverting completely to a sexually immature, colonial stage after having reached sexual maturity as a solitary individual. Others include the jellyfish Laodicea undulata[4] and species of the genus Aurelia.[5]Like most other hydrozoans, T. dohrnii begin their lives as tiny, free-swimming larvae known as planulae. As a planula settles down, it gives rise to a colony of polyps that are attached to the sea floor. All the polyps and jellyfish arising from a single planula are genetically identical clones.[6] The polyps form into an extensively branched form, which is not commonly seen in most jellyfish. Jellyfish, also known as medusae, then bud off these polyps and continue their life in a free-swimming form, eventually becoming sexually mature. When sexually mature, they have been known to prey on other jellyfish species at a rapid pace. If the T. dohrnii jellyfish is exposed to environmental stress, physical assault, or is sick or old, it can revert to the polyp stage, forming a new polyp colony.[7] It does this through the cell development process of transdifferentiation, which alters the differentiated state of the cells and transforms them into new types of cells.

Theoretically, this process can go on indefinitely, effectively rendering the jellyfish biologically immortal, [3][8] although in practice individuals can still die. In nature, most Turritopsis dohrnii are likely to succumb to predation or disease in the medusa stage without reverting to the polyp form.[9]

The capability of biological immortality with no maximum lifespan makes T. dohrnii an important target of basic biological aging and pharmaceutical research.[10]

[fatherplatypus]

Ugh, imagine hitting puberty over and over again

[barbarahill]

This is amazing...and beautiful photography, thank you! 🌌💖