Like 'Deadpool,' This Jellyfish Has Amazing Superpowers
The moon jellyfish can age backward, form hordes of clones, and regenerate lost body parts, a new study says.
A hole rips through his body, but seals up and heals completely. An appendage is sliced off; the tissues grow back perfectly. He is capable of extreme regeneration, perhaps even immortality.
Those are the astonishing powers of Deadpool, the wise-cracking superhero whose movie is now a box office wonder. (Also see "Spider-Man Ready: 5 Animals That Regrow Parts.")
Yet there's a one squishy marine invertebrate can do all that—and more, according to a recent study in the journal PLOS ONE.
Emblazoned with a four-leaf clover on its back and lined with a fringe of thin tentacles, the moon jellyfish, Aurelia, is a veritable pantheon of power.
It not only regenerates like Deadpool, it ages backward like Benjamin Button and forms hordes of clones like Jamie Madrox the Multiple Man.
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