Lobsters are immortal. Kind of.
Along with tasting delicious when dipped in butter and garlic, lobsters have another great trait: They constantly produce telomerase. Instead of dying of old age, the crustaceans just get bigger and bigger, thanks to their molecular hack.
Or as @JUNIUS_64 explained in her viral Twitter thread, they made "a deal with the devil for conditional immortality and it backfired on them."
[bong rip]
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lobsters made a deal with the devil for conditional immortality and it backfired on them. you cannot change my mind— labcoat lesbian @ NYC Pride + AC (@JUNIUS_64) June 21, 2018 Read more...
from Mashable https://mashable.com/2018/06/22/lobsters-live-forever-thread-twitter/
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