#just know that a lot of other jellies are capable of reverse ontogeny but only in the early stages of their life

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Btw, just had a small idea- I'd say it in the discord but I don't have discord lmao, but what if the principal was the typical really old guy and it was a t. dorhnii? So everyone says to not mess with them cause they have seen everything- literally lmao

I just really love the immortal jellyfish

Oooh that'd be a fun idea!

(Theoretical) Immortality in jellyfish is a VERRRRY neat concept. In scientific literature, it's usually referred to as "ontogeny reversal" (ie. Life Cycle reversal)- and it's actually been observed in a handful of other species as well! (with varying degrees of success).

We look to the Turritopsis dohrnii as the "immortal jellyfish" because either I think it was the first one we found to have the trait, or because it was the one with the most reliable ontogeny reversal (other species of the Turritopsis genus are capable of the phenomenon, but the T. dorhnii was able to do it with a higher rate of success)

Anyway, I'd be damned if I went through this game without exploring the concept of reverse ontogeny at least once, hehe.