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[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] 4oreman@lemy.lol 2 points 1 day ago

came here to say this

Tardigrades have a max lifespan of ~2 years, on average they live months

[–] MeatPilot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Tartigrades are sith.