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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe scientific fact that jellyfish have survived for 650 million years without a brain or a backbone...
Explains to me why people still vote for and support republicans.
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The scientific fact that jellyfish have survived for 650 million years without a brain or a backbone... (Original Post)
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kimbutgar
(27,257 posts)1. 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
Great comment
Gaugamela
(3,516 posts)2. The jellyfish shall inherit the earth. Tough luck, Christian Nationalists.
mr715
(3,576 posts)3. I spent some time studying them.
They lack a central nervous system, but they do have a surprisingly robust information processing core. They use many of the same neurochemicals we use.
I have a lot of respect for cnidarian neurobiology, even if they don't have a brain per se.
Now... people with brains that make stoopid decisions... thems the ones I worry 'bout.
IcyPeas
(25,485 posts)4. Sea squirt

calimary
(90,068 posts)5. You made me damn near spit my tea, dammit!
HAB911
(10,445 posts)6. And they gave us Prevagen!
Oh, wait............
Prevagen is a dietary supplement that contains apoaequorin, a protein derived from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria. However, there is no reliable evidence that it improves memory or brain function, and its claims have been deemed misleading by regulatory authorities.
Nevermind.