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wxwtoday at 3:43 AM3 repliesview on HN

> The medusa, the free-swimming form most people picture when they hear the term jellyfish, is only one stage of the animal’s life cycle.

> We tend to think of the flower—or the jellyfish—as the organism, but these are actually reproductive units.

I'll never look at jellyfish the same.


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KurSixtoday at 10:18 AM

Same. Somehow "the jellyfish is basically the flower" is the detail that stuck with me more than the wound healing

Waterluviantoday at 3:52 AM

Wait, so they’re sea jizz?!

psychoslavetoday at 6:21 AM

I mean, all in all, most life forms are reproductive unit in some stage, or part of i, from the species point of view. Though some individual prove sterile.