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Posted by: pyderi 4 months, 1 week ago

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Through a massive analysis of the evolutionary biology of animals it has been suggested that this jellyfish might just be the direct progeny of the first animal on Earth making it the earliest member of the kingdom that includes insects, fish, reptiles, birds, mammals (including humans) and many more or all the ones that belong to the kingdom Anima

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engineer4 months, 1 week ago

Fantastic!!!
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doggammit4 months, 1 week ago

Yeah - sure these jelly babies are "fantastic" until you accidentally step on a beached one. Then some other words quickly leap to your lips.
No sign of jellyfish being herded in pairs onto Noah's ark!
And what a let down. All along I thought it was us dogs that led the way. I'll bet there's a cat has some paw in this analysis. Verrry fishy, squishy stuff...
"From goo to you" - sums it all up pretty nicely, IMHO.

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  tkyrchncs4 months, 1 week ago
  
  Lol, no swordfish on the Ark either, but ya know he was rescuing stuff from a FLOOD.
  Oh well, jellyfish are a step up from pond scum!
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ETproductions4 months, 1 week ago

Seems plausible. Under extreme stress, I tend to revert back to Jelly.
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  Tangent0014 months, 1 week ago
  
  After great sex too...
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    ETproductions4 months ago
    
    Ha! There you go. My jellyfish roots exposed.
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Dicax_Maximus4 months, 1 week ago

OK, so now I need to get the copy of nature !!
Cheers Py....
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rdy2rck4 months, 1 week ago

The wicked witch of the west melted back to jelly:) Thanks pyderi
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Francisca4 months, 1 week ago

This discovery is (or would be?) a blow to the mindset that evolution automatically means increasing complexity...(Although feeling my brain as a jelly...) Thanks for sharing
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  Tangent0014 months, 1 week ago
  
  Who said evolution automatically means increasing complexity? Species of fish that live in perpetually dark subterranean caverns have lost their eyes and scale pigmentation over generations.
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    pyderi4 months, 1 week ago
    
    that comment came from the researchers that published the find and for sure that those fishes that live in dark subterranean caverns for sure that they have other senses more developed than other fishes
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  Isoparm4 months ago
  
  Darwinism is an iterative process. In some cases, filling an ecological niche does not require some aspects of complexity.
  The organism can actually lose some functions if they are not necessary, or in a sense, "devolve".
  Given an ecological void to fill, some form of life will attempt to fill it. Remember that dolphins, porpoises, sea-lions, and whales did not evolve in the ocean, but returned to it, swapping function for land negotiation, for appendages that are better suited for treading water. They are still warm-blooded, and they still breath air, as an indication of their ancient heritage.
  It would not be a stretch that sponges could be one of nature's first manifestations of conservatism.
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dandt16124 months, 1 week ago

Very interesting creatures. Painfully beautiful.
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  miklkit4 months, 1 week ago
  
  Pun intended?
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Dionys4 months, 1 week ago

The Jellyfish IMHO are one of the most majestically beautiful creatures on earth. How wonderful that they might form the very basis for all life on earth!
I just have one question -- Did tentacles evolve into testicles?
Well maybe two -- Are sperm really little jellyfish? :)
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Dionys4 months, 1 week ago

The Jellyfish IMHO are one of the most majestically beautiful creatures on earth. How wonderful that they might form the very basis for all life on earth!
I just have one question -- Did tentacles evolve into testicles?
Well maybe two -- Are sperm really little jellyfish? :)
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Mutainia4 months, 1 week ago

Jellys, to me, are like one of the butterflies of the sea. God's little art forms to light up the deep.
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  jordan114 months, 1 week ago
  
  How lovely. They really are quite beautiful.
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    Mutainia4 months ago
    
    It's almost impossible to have them living in an aquarium, but, if you go to Pier 39 in San Fran, they seem to have pulled it off. They look just like underwater art work in motion in the aquarium I saw. Very cool.
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      jordan114 months ago
      
      I'll be sure to go on my next trip! Thank you.
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        Mutainia4 months ago
        
        Besides jellies, they have sharks and manta-rays in different stages of development inside their egg casings with a plastic window so you can see them. They look like moving little toys inside their packages.
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markoller4 months ago

This is amazing. I never would have drempt that sponges descended or devolved from jellyfish.
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  Coatl4 months ago
  
  Actually that's not necessary true, the studi suggest that the Jellyfish was the first branch of animals that separated from the first lineage, it's more than likely that the first animal was not even remotely similar to actual jellyfish.
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Isoparm4 months ago

HTR's comment is a prime example that Darwinism is no guarantee of increased sophistication, or complexity.
BTW, it's a joke-no real need to piddle your pants.
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