Assignment 6- Genghis Goodman

The story of Noah's arc starts with god being disappointed with humans. He decides they need a cleanse, and what's a better cleanse than a giant flood? God informs the purest soul, Noah, to build an arc to protect a male and female of every species. Noah complied and built an arc which held every species on earth. God then made the earth rain for 40 days and 40 nights, causing the world to be flooded for 150 days. Noah reached land, and god promised to never flood the earth again.

The animal that interests me the most is the turritopsis durhnii, also known as the immortal jellyfish. Mortality has always plagued the minds of mankind. Even if we are lucky enough to avoid all of the fatal diseases and accidents that can happen, we are ultimately programmed to die. This occurs with pretty much every animal, the old must fall in order to make room for the new. This is why the immortal jellyfish interests me so much. Like it's name suggests, the immortal jellyfish isn't program to "die of old age" as long as a predictor doesn't kill it, it will live forever. Instead of dying after it reaches old age, the immortal jellyfish reverts back into its juvenile stage, and repeats it's life stages. This process fascinates me, and the animal as a whole, is also very interesting.