Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-the-unexpected-way-this-jellyfish-lives-forever New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephaniesamma Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Credits: Narrator/Writer: Stephanie Sammann Writer: Angela Wipperman (https://www.angelawipperman.com/) Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (null) Imagery courtesy of Getty Images Additional Footage: Sasuke Tsujita Beni Jellyfish Regeneration Biology Experience Laboratory Music: Beyond by ANBR Event Horizon by Charlie Ryan When the Sunrise---instrumental-version by Yehezkel Raz A Journeys Epilogue by Yehezkel Raz Chachachill by Kola References: [1] https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biologist-features/everlasting-life-the-immortal-jellyfish#references [2] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/312492419_Jellyfish_fisheries_of_the_world [3] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/immortal-jellyfish-swarm-oceans-animals [4] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29227703/ [5] https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/13/7/evab136/6300523#306548512 [6] https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/immortal-jellyfish-secret-to-cheating-death.html [7] https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/179209 [8] https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/magazine/can-a-jellyfish-unlock-the-secret-of-immortality.html [9] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6078988/