Warty comb jelly (Mnemiopsis leidyi)
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This may be the closest scientists have ever come to creating Frankenstein’s monster. The living parts of dozens of animals known as comb jellies fused together to create a series of new forms, sometimes lasting for more than a week.
According to Leonid Moroz of the University of Florida, these chimeric animals are not just physically connected pieces of different individuals. Their nervous systems also fuse, creating a being who leads Tigran Norekian, also a colleague at the University of Florida…
