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

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Biologists from the University of Southern Denmark believe Hydra magnipapillata, is almost completely unaffected by the ageing process. The scientists looked at ageing in 46 different species including mammals, plants, fungi and algae. They identified a number of species that experience a decrease in mortality as they age such as the desert tortoise and the white mangrove tree
Period10. Dec 2013

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