By golly! Immortal jellyfish sure are fascinating. They just keep goin’. Immortal Jellyfish are the deep-sea versions of Brian Johnson—that fella on YouTube that claims to be aging backwards.
Immortal Jellyfish, like Brian Johnson, return to an adolescent state after tiring of their old age. How do they do it?
“When the medusa of this species is physically damaged or experiences stresses such as starvation, instead of dying it shrinks in on itself, reabsorbing its tentacles and losing the ability to swim. It then settles on the seafloor as a blob-like cyst.
Emily Osterloff
Over the next 24-36 hours, this blob develops into a new polyp – the jellyfish’s previous life stage – and after maturing, medusae bud off. This phenomenon has been likened to that of a butterfly which, instead of dying, would be able to transform back into a caterpillar and then metamorphose into an adult butterfly once again.
The process behind the jellyfish’s remarkable transformation is called transdifferentiation and is extremely rare.”
I am not much like Brian Johnson nor the Immortal Jellyfish. I will die one day.
However, writing is a bit like transdifferentiation, isn’t it? Words live on. Think about it, Odysseus is brought back to life throughout every school in America. Ancient scribes outlast human beings; their words echo in time like the wind and rain. Words live on. For this reason, our words ought to be shared.
Suck it Brian Johnson you Jellyfish foe. Woe to thy Jellyfish foe. Your tricks are cheap, your tips are dull. For I have unlocked the true secret to immortality. For I have discovered the true fountain of youth
Thank you, dear reader. Together, we can outlast time, shout ideas, and embark on an adventure.