Here in Britain, politics often consists of laclustre, grey little politicos making speeches full of promises they’ll never keep. Luckily the U.S voting machine likes to add a little more glamour to proceedings, as evidenced by this actual, real campaign video currently trying to nab your vote in Birmingham (way down in Alabam). Watch in awe and tell us you wouldn’t vote immortal space ninja!
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It Will Not Die
0 CommentsJanuary 28, 2009 – 8:29 pm
Forget cockroaches surviving a nuclear blast, the planet’s new overlords once we’ve killed ourselves in some way on another, is the jellyfish. That is, unless they are planning on taking out humanity themselves. They have a pretty good advantage over us. Immortality.
The Turritopsis Nutricula is able to revert back to a juvenile form once it mates after becoming sexually mature.
Marine biologists say the jellyfish numbers are rocketing because they need not die.
Dr Maria Miglietta of the Smithsonian Tropical Marine Institute said: “We are looking at a worldwide silent invasion.”
The jellyfish are originally from the Caribbean but have spready all over the world.
Turritopsis Nutricula is technically known as a hydrozoan and is the only known animal that is capable of reverting completely to its younger self.
Having stumbled upon the font of eternal youth, this tiny creature which is just 5mm long is the focus of many intricate studies by marine biologists and geneticists to see exactly how it manages to literally reverse its aging process.
I was scared of jellyfish before I knew this. Now I know the little fuckers can’t die, hitting them with a spade has become less fun.
LINK (Telegraph)
