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minus-squareTheFoganlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-218 hours agoTardigrades are awesome, but what about those unaging jellyfish? I mean yeah still not quite the same thing. IE obviously I don’t see jellyfish surviving in space. But do tardigrades age? Which side note it looks like they do… while they can basically go in suspended animation, waterbears seem to have about a 3 year lifespan. So, these guys are virtually unkillable for 3 years, but Turritopsis dohrnii while it can be killed, can live forever.
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Tardigrades are awesome, but what about those unaging jellyfish?
I mean yeah still not quite the same thing. IE obviously I don’t see jellyfish surviving in space. But do tardigrades age?
Which side note it looks like they do… while they can basically go in suspended animation, waterbears seem to have about a 3 year lifespan.
So, these guys are virtually unkillable for 3 years, but Turritopsis dohrnii while it can be killed, can live forever.
came here to say this