cursed research

Did I want to know that there are jellyfish that look like nightmare fuel and can reverse their own life cycle? (Turritopsis dohrnii; the article calls them "special," which sure is one way of describing them) No, I did not, but sometimes you find yourself searching the internet for things like 'what is the oldest animal' and 'what is the oldest plant' for nanowrimo-related reasons, and these things happen.

(The BBC article covers some plants, and also wins a star for describing Antarctic glass sponges as having "a very sedate existence.")