"The process is called “cellular transdifferentiation. The jellyfish looks like it’s dying and sinks to the bottom. Then – like a butterfly returning to a caterpillar – it shrinks into a ball, and within 24 to 48 hours, buds off a new polyp with the same identical genome, she says." #pagan #marinelife https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/04/when-you-kill-it-it-doesnt-die-the-jellyfish-that-has-cracked-the-secret-of-immortality