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pvaldestoday at 8:44 AM2 repliesview on HN

Clytia is not just your normal jellyfish, is an organism that alternates between a jellyfish and a polyp that live in small colonies, not unlike corals but less complex and without hard calcified skeletons.

Is also in the same group that has the only animals known to be potentially immortal. I'm not joking. This things exist. So the word "heal" here can mean different things than people expects. Imagine that as we grow older and decaying we could decide to grow a new genetic clone of "me" inside and reborn as happy babies, discarding our older shell. Some of this animals can do this to "heal" and the trick can be used an undefined amount of times. Those creatures are really ancient and have a few tricks on their sleeves.

Relevant for humans, as reef corals are related with jellyfishes and have free larvae that could respond in a similar way to temperature damage. Clytia could thrive when corals will die. This just another clue that some people is being more and more concerned by AMOC, even if it may be too late yet with all the warmongers ruining our last chances


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KurSixtoday at 10:17 AM

But I would still be careful not to blur together wound healing, regeneration and rejuvenation. They may share some cellular machinery, but they are not the same process

saidnooneevertoday at 2:02 PM

very interesting insights! thanks!