Clive Thompson on Nostr: See this animated gif? It's two comb jellies, each of which was injured, with a part ...
See this animated gif?
It's two comb jellies, each of which was injured, with a part of its body ripped off ...
... and the two healed themselves by merging into one
All their systems -- nerves, gastrointestinal -- merge. If you poke one of the jellies the whole organism reacts
Scientists only just now discovered that comb jellies can do this
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free to read and subscribe to here: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-26-cryptophasia-wigner-crystals-and-how/
It's two comb jellies, each of which was injured, with a part of its body ripped off ...
... and the two healed themselves by merging into one
All their systems -- nerves, gastrointestinal -- merge. If you poke one of the jellies the whole organism reacts
Scientists only just now discovered that comb jellies can do this
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free to read and subscribe to here: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-26-cryptophasia-wigner-crystals-and-how/