5 Animals That Broke the Rules of Death

Has nature found the secret to immortality? To try out Brilliant’s online courses, head to https://brilliant.org/AstrumEarth/ and start learning for free. You'll also receive 20% off a premium annual subscription, giving you unlimited access to everything on Brilliant. ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Humanity is always searching for a way to live forever. But what if we’ve been looking in the wrong place? In this video, we’re taking a look at the incredible creatures that defy death, from ancient sharks that predate empires, to immortal jellyfish that can literally reset their life cycles. These living time machines hold powerful biological secrets that could unlock the rules of aging. ▀▀▀▀▀▀ 0:00 The Secret to Immortality 1:33 Galápagos Tortoise 7:11 Greenland Shark 14:18 Black Coral 19:46 Antarctic Glass Sponge 25:18 Immortal Jellyfish ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Subscribe to the channel!    / @astrumearth   Support our Patreon for ad-free content: https://bit.ly/4aiJZNF ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Check out the other Astrum channels for videos about space and astronomy: Astrum:    / @astrumspace   Astrum Extra:    / @astrumextra   Astrum Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jPRrbq... Astrum Infographic Artwork: https://electrify.art/collections/astrum Astrum Displate Posters: https://astrumspace.info/Displates Astrum Merch: https://astrum-shop.fourthwall.com/ Join us on the Astrum discord:   / discord   ▀▀▀▀▀▀ References “Why Giant Tortoises Live So Long”, via Yale University https://astrumspace.info/tortoises “Reptile and Amphibian Aging”, via Penn State University https://astrumspace.info/longevity_study “Concurrent Evolution of Antiaging Gene Duplications”, via Genome Biology and Evolution https://astrumspace.info/gene_duplica... “Greenland Shark - Anti-aging Secrets”, via eurekalert.org https://astrumspace.info/greenland_shark “Black Corals of the Deep”, via Smithsonian https://astrumspace.info/blackcoral1 “Deep sea corals - the oldest living marine organism”, via Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory https://astrumspace.info/blackcoral2 “Recruitment, Growth and Mortality of an Antarctic Hexactinellid Sponge”, via PubMed Central https://astrumspace.info/sponge_morta... “Non-neural reflexes: sponges and the origins of behaviour”, via Science Direct https://astrumspace.info/sponge_behav... “The Discovery of Immortal Jellyfish”, via Research Gate https://astrumspace.info/Jellyfish1 “Shin Kubota: Jellyfish and Immortality”, via The New York Times https://astrumspace.info/Jellyfish2 ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Credits Narrator: James Stewart Producers: Alex McColgan, James Stewart Writer: James Stewart Video Editor: Daniel Burgin, Celal Kaçar Animator: Peter Sheppard Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard Channel Manager: Georgina Brenner Production Manager: Raquel Taylor Head of Astrum: Jess Jordan Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan ▀▀▀▀▀▀ #AstrumEarth #Astrum #Immortality