Animal Fact

Turritopsis nutricula Immortal jellyfish is the only species known to live forever.

Immortal Jellyfish Facts The immortal jellyfish (scientific name – Turritopsis nutricula) was discovered in 1883 in the Mediterranean Sea. However, it’s extremely unique regeneration powers were not known to researchers and scientists until the mid-1990s. The unique regeneration process of the mature immortal jellyfish is quite unique. When it is injured or starving, it will attach itself to a surface in warm waters and turns into a sort of living blob. From this blob state, its cells will undergo a process called “transdifferentiation”. Transdifferentiation is a process wherein cells will turn into different kinds of cells. For instance, the muscle cells […] Read more »