<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>What I Found Today &#187; jellyfish</title> <atom:link href="http://whatifoundtoday.com/tag/jellyfish/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://whatifoundtoday.com</link> <description>A daily collection of discoveries guaranteed to be more interesting than you</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 03:22:12 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1</generator> <atom:link rel='hub' href='http://whatifoundtoday.com/?pushpress=hub'/> <item><title>An Animal That Can Live Forever</title><link>http://whatifoundtoday.com/94/an-animal-that-can-live-forever</link> <comments>http://whatifoundtoday.com/94/an-animal-that-can-live-forever#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:25:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Jon Henshaw</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bizarre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[animals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jellyfish]]></category> <category><![CDATA[survival]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://whatifoundtoday.com/?p=93</guid> <description><![CDATA[The desire to live forever is no doubt connected to the survival instinct and has permeated itself in different ways through organized superstitions. However, there&#8217;s one animal on Earth that may actually have the chance to remain immortal. The Hydrozoan, a small predatory sea creature like a jellyfish but without all their well known exciting [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The desire to live forever is no doubt connected to the survival instinct and has permeated itself in different ways through organized superstitions. However, there&#8217;s one animal on Earth that may actually have the chance to remain immortal.</p><blockquote><p>The Hydrozoan, a small predatory sea creature like a jellyfish but without all their well known exciting higher functions, can achieve the dream of millions and become a child again.  When adverse environmental conditions threaten death it can collapse into a rugged blob of cells to survive.  When it re-emerges, it does so as a child &#8211; literally building itself up all over again.  Since this isn&#8217;t just a shell to hide in, but a complete structural restart, it seems possible that it could keep this up forever.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2008/06/immortal-invade.html"><img src="http://media.whatifoundtoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/hydrozoan111.jpg" alt="" title="Hydrozoan" width="225" height="288" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-175" /></a></p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://whatifoundtoday.com/94/an-animal-that-can-live-forever/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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