There are many creatures in this world of ours and you must have heard that the one who is born once definitely dies, that is, no one is immortal on this planet. But now this is not true because scientists have found such a creature that is biologically immortal. Yes, you are listening right, this creature about which we are going to tell you never dies on its own, and the name of this creature is "Turritopsis dohrnii" which is a species of jellyfish. It is also known as the immortal jellyfish, which has been proven to be biologically immortal.
The fact is that it can be killed by some other creatures, but will never die on its own. Like a human dies on its own after getting old despite having favorable conditions, but this jellyfish never dies on its own and keeps rejuvenate itself as the species can revert back to its child state after having become sexually mature.
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They are very small in size, when they are fully grown, their body diameter is about 4.5 millimeters, and their length and width almost remain the same. In its young stage, it has only eight tentacles, whereas a sexually mature jellyfish can have 80 to 90 tentacles. Turritopsis dohrnii originated in the Pacific Ocean, but now they are found in almost all oceans and no one has yet known the worldwide spread of this species, because they are very small in size and transparent.
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This jellyfish has an incredible ability to transforms itself back into a new form, so it has no age but has a short life cycle as if the ocean temperature is around 20 °C, then it becomes sexually mature in 25 to 30 days, and reverts back to an earlier stage of its life cycle, and if the ocean temperature is around 22 °C, then in 18 to 22 days they become sexually mature and revert back to their child state again.
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