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lucasgonze
2890 days ago
Likely the oldest living creatures in 3 billion years of life on earth.
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omeid2
2890 days ago
You wish —jellyfish.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dohrnii
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zaarn
2890 days ago
I don't think any of them survived
that
long. Current record holders are some bacteria in the Russian permafrost with half a million years (without reproduction in the meantime)
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pouta
2889 days ago
This was an amazing read. Thank you for sharing this!
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dEnigma
2890 days ago
I doubt that any "immortal jellyfish" has actually lived that long in the wild, even though they have the theoretical potential to do so.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dohrnii