Theoretically, this process can go on indefinitely, effectively rendering the jellyfish biologically immortal,[3][6] 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.[7] --WP

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dohrnii

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    10 days ago

    huh, what they call locusts out here are long-horned grasshoppers, not short-horned ones. til there was that big a difference

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      10 days ago

      I like how it seems nearly everyone on this post learned something!