Comb jellies fuse together when injured, study finds
by Nicola Davis Science correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#6R9KG)
Research reveals sea walnuts' fuse together if they become injured, and nervous systems merge
It might not be what the Spice Girls envisaged when they sang 2 Become 1, but scientists have found comb jellies do actually fuse together if they are injured.
Researchers studying a species of the gelatinous marine invertebrates known as sea walnuts" said they made the discovery after spotting an unusually shaped individual in the laboratory tank.
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