Want to live forever? You can, but you'll need to come back as a water polyp

[arista]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/12/10/article-0-19FA62D500000578-671_634x474.jpg
[Hydra magnipapillata, a microscopic
animal with a tube-like body comprised
of tentacles, a mouth and adhesive foot
is almost completely unaffected by the ageing process]


[Biologists from the University
of Southern Denmark believe Hydra magnipapillata,
is almost completely unaffected by the ageing process]




Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2521210/Freshwater-polyp-described-effectively-immortal-scientists.html#ixzz2n69VL4Tv


Magni and humans need a merge

[Mystic Mock]

Lucky bastards.

[MTVN]

Aren't lobsters basically immortal as well, heard that the other day but can't remember where

[arista]

Aren't lobsters basically immortal as well, heard that the other day but can't remember where


Some may be.

[smeagol]

Aren't lobsters basically immortal as well, heard that the other day but can't remember where


not when you boil them in a nice big pot they are not lol

[smeagol]

funny they say no aging on one species then say they can live up til 80 yrs lol well thats not quite immortal is it.
these scientists know nothing. how can we tell , a creature could not look to be older or change at all for years but one day will still pop its clogs,

one bit on that site says about cockroaches eating dinosaur poo lol

[Harry!]

Sounds more like the original story of the Little Mermaid.