Ctenophores Aren't Just Beautiful. They're Biological Wonders

(quantamagazine.org)

36 points | by saikatsg 3 days ago ago

3 comments

  • pvaldes 3 days ago

    > in 2024, ctenophores became the third group of animals known to have the Benjamin Button–like ability, joining the ranks of the “immortal jellyfish,

    Yaay!. Pretty cool. Hydrozoans and Ctenophora. Who is the other group of immortal animals? let me check

    Oh, Scyphozoans of course.

    Some animals will survive us after all.

    • BoiledCabbage 3 days ago

      That's pretty crazy - if you get too hungry you turn back into a baby.

      Hard to even imagine what that would mean in humans.

      • rbanffy an hour ago

        We start yelling if we are not fed on time?