A Squishy Sea Creature Regenerates a Body from a Severed Head
PLOS: DNA Science
JULY 13, 2023
Humans aren’t very good at regeneration — we can do it for skin, bone, and liver, but that’s about it. Flatworms, zebrafish, cockroaches, and salamanders can regenerate entire limbs. Yet even these abilities are unimpressive compared to those of Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus , aka a “squishy sea creature.” Only Simpler Animals Regenerate Hydractinia , along with jellyfish, sea anemones, hydra, and corals, are among 11,000 or so species in phylum Cnidaria, from the G
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