Severed sea cucumber appendages don’t seem to die

They seem to reorganize their tissues and then just keep living.

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[satadru]

I would like to try this experiment with Florida.

 

[Fatesrider]

Who knew the Zombie Apocalypse was already ongoing among sea slugs?

Biology is neat. This is both kinda creepy and really neat.

 

[mrrooster]

The authors of the study also point out that finding naturally immortal complex tissues challenges our conventional perceptions of what being alive really means.

Someone's going to mention Strawberries next....