¿Animal Eterno? / Eternal animal?
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En las tibias aguas del mar caribe encontramos a la Turritopsis Nutricula un pequeño animal de 5 cm de largo, la cual -en teoría- podría vivir para siempre, ¿Cómo es esto posible?
Este animal llega hasta la edad adulta y en ese preciso momento ocurre algo insólito: mediante un proceso llamado transdiferenciación (en el cual cambia la forma de sus células y crea una especie de capullo) la medusa vuelve al estado de pólipo (bebé) y crea copias casi idénticas de sí misma.
Una vez finalizado el proceso, comieza a crecer de nuevo hasta que el proceso se repite de nuevo, por supuesto este pequeño animal no es indestructible, por lo cual generalmente es devorado por sus depredadores o enferma y muere.
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This animal reaches adulthood and at that precise moment something unusual happens: through a process called transdifferentiation (in which it changes the shape of its cells and creates a kind of cocoon) the jellyfish returns to the polyp state (baby) and creates almost identical copies of itself.
once the process is over, it begins to grow again until the process is repeated again, of course this small animal is not indestructible, so it is usually devoured by its predators or sick and dies.
There are so many interesting creatures to learn about. I didn't know this. I stopped by your blog because I saw you in #thealliance server today. Steem on! :)
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