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Glow-in-the-Dark Invertabrates Off the California Coast (Video)

Image via KQED Jellyfish are weird, cool, and scary all at once. But what might be even more weird, cool, and…well not all that scary? Siphonophores, jellies’ glow-in-the-dark cousins, are being studied more as researchers look to uncover the mystery of how and why they use light and iridescence as part of their survival strategy. Dozens of species exist off the California coast and scientists at Monterey Bay Aquarium are hard at work figuring out what makes them tick, and even how they can be used for medicine for humans. Check out a fascinating short video a… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Glow-in-the-Dark Invertabrates Off the California Coast (Video)

Immortal Specie In The Kingdom Animalia!

(Photo: Peter Schuchert) Every creature has its own life span. But except for this very unique specie who belongs to the jellyfish family Scientist has disccovered that turritopsis nutricula or or also known as Medusa jellyfish is maybe the only creature to have discovered the everlasting fountain of youth.  This particular specie has the capability of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature stage or the first stage of life  and back again that leads to no limit of life span. Studies in the laboratory show that Turnitopsis Medusae can really regenerate back to polyp stage but so far it has not been observed in nature due to some processes as of this moment. But most of Turnitopsis medusae fall like a victim or food to a bigger prey or succumbing to disease. Immortal Specie In The Kingdom Animalia! is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading

14 Things The Recession Is Helping Get Rid Of

The recession isn't so bad when you think about in terms of what we're getting rid of. I like to think of it as a form of Spring cleaning. Here are 14 things that are hopefully going to be by the end of this recession

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Ferris Wheel Sex

Now I know why people love Coney Island (not because most of the jellyfish at the beach are really made of harmless latex). [vaguely NSFW] Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment