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mk  ·  4744 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Just Add Water
It's weird that rotifers have short lifespans. Wikipedia says about three weeks:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotifer

So apparently, their ability to fix this DNA damage doesn't stop them from aging. I wonder what causes them to die.

BTW, I posted a vid with some hot rotifer action yesterday:

http://hubski.com/pub?id=9216