[HN Gopher] Ctenophores Aren't Just Beautiful. They're Biologica...
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       Ctenophores Aren't Just Beautiful. They're Biological Wonders
        
       Author : saikatsg
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2026-09-18 17:56 UTC (15 hours ago)
        
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       | pvaldes wrote:
       | > in 2024, ctenophores became the third group of animals known to
       | have the Benjamin Button-like ability, joining the ranks of the
       | "immortal jellyfish,
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       | Yaay!. Pretty cool. Hydrozoans and Ctenophora. Who is the other
       | group of immortal animals? let me check
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       | Oh, Scyphozoans of course.
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       | Some animals will survive us after all.
        
         | BoiledCabbage wrote:
         | That's pretty crazy - if you get too hungry you turn back into
         | a baby.
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         | Hard to even imagine what that would mean in humans.
        
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