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[darkinstinct]

So there is radiation. #TeamFakeMoonlanding

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Groovy!

 

[louiedog]

Twice the brain power.

 

[eizarus]

It's gonna mutate and destroy us isn't it?

 

[PuppetSlave]

Do the heads decide which one eats today and which one shits out their mouth?

No the mouth is in the middle.

 

[HStallion]

I think the craziest part is that whatever happened to the flat worm in space changed it on a fundamental level as it continued to produce two headed flat worms. It wasn't just some one off fluke they only affected that worm.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

I think the craziest part is that whatever happened to the flat worm in space changed it on a fundamental level as it continued to produce two headed flat worms. It wasn't just some one off fluke they only affected that worm.

Probably useful to learn more about sex cell production in flatworms.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Sour grapes, eh? Let's see you do it faster.

Compared to what? Two weeks is faster than other animals' regeneration, like starfish, or lizards re-growing their tails.

Most flatworms are comparatively tiny though, aren't they?

Edit:

So does it have it's head up its ass?

Do the heads decide which one eats today and which one shits out their mouth?

Actually, according to Wikipedia:

The digestive cavity has only one opening for both ingestion (intake of nutrients) and egestion (removal of undigested wastes); as a result, the food cannot be processed continuously.

So basically this new super flatworm can eat for as long as it wants without taking breaks.

Edit2: More choice quotes from Wikipedia:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatworm

Most platyhelminths have no anus and regurgitate undigested material through the mouth. However, some long species have an anus and some with complex, branched guts have more than one anus, since excretion only through the mouth would be difficult for them.[6] The gut is lined with a single layer of endodermal cells that absorb and digest food. Some species break up and soften food first by secreting enzymes in the gut or pharynx (throat).
...

Most turbellarians have pigment-cup ocelli ("little eyes"), one pair in most species, but two or even three pairs in some. A few large species have many eyes in clusters over the brain, mounted on tentacles, or spaced uniformly around the edge of the body.
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The vast majority of turbellarians are hermaphrodites (have both female and male reproductive cells), and fertilize eggs internally by copulation.[6] Some of the larger aquatic species mate by penis fencing, a duel in which each tries to impregnate the other, and the loser adopts the female role of developing the eggs.

Two turbellarians are mating by penis fencing. Each has two penises, the white spikes on the undersides of their heads.

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

I can't believe there's a real life creature with googley-eyes.

 

[OG Shaka Zulu]

So what's the implication when humans colonize Mars? We'll just devolve into weaklings?

 

[Lowmelody]

Did Rare design that thing? ffs

 

[Wag]

The power of being able to have your guts burst and launch worms at high velocity. However you can choose when to use it and when you do it's fatal.

 

[Leynos]

I can't believe there's a real life creature with googley-eyes.

 

[Kinyou]

The regenerative ability of these worms is absolutely insane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXN_5SPBPtM

You can cut it in as many pieces as you want

 

[HStallion]

So what's the implication when humans colonize Mars? We'll just devolve into weaklings?

You get two dicks when you get to Mars

 

[The Elite]

So what's the implication when humans colonize Mars? We'll just devolve into weaklings?

You'll get a second head growing out of your torso.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Wag]

You get two dicks when you get to Mars

 

[dabig2]

So what's the implication when humans colonize Mars? We'll just devolve into weaklings?

Yes, but maybe we'll get awesome edgelord helmets + armor to compensate.

 

[HStallion]

What could possibly go wrong?

You grow a face on your ass? For some people it'd be hard to tell the difference.

 

[Version 3.0]

Most flatworms are comparatively tiny though, aren't they?

Yes, they're very small. But I believe it's the lack of complexity that allows them to regenerate quickly, more than the size. I don't think very tiny geckos, for example, grow their tails back faster than large ones. At least, I haven't heard that.

Anyway, flatworm regeneration is pretty crazy. We cut up a bunch of planarians in high school biology. It's not difficult to make them have two heads; just cut their head in half and they'll likely end up with two. That's on one end, though, not one on each end.

Google "planaria with multiple heads" and see.

 

[Imperial Bishop]

You grow a face on your ass? For some people it'd be hard to tell the difference.

Talking shit. LITERALLY.







Yuck. That gave me a bad image in my head.

 

[bengraven]

 

[Forearms]

You get two dicks when you get to Mars

Suddenly, the three breasted woman from Total Recall makes more sense...

 

[biggersmaller]

 

[DrSlek]

Which mouth does it poop out of?

 

[Not]

Yes, yes it does.

That's awesome

 

[norm9]

We should probably kill it with fire.

 

[HStallion]

We should probably kill it with fire.

If you can still kill it with fire. Maybe its immune.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Suddenly, the three breasted woman from Total Recall makes more sense...

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Suddenly, the three breasted woman from Total Recall makes more sense...

Classic. Twice the price, half the time.

 

[chekhonte]

Lets send him up.