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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
(27,254 posts)1. 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍
Great comment
Gaugamela
(3,516 posts)2. The jellyfish shall inherit the earth. Tough luck, Christian Nationalists.
mr715
(3,573 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
(25,480 posts)4. Sea squirt
