🦋 Science & Nature Trivia — June 4, 2026 Patrick - 0 A tiny jellyfish called *Turritopsis dohrnii* has earned the nickname "the immortal jellyfish." When it gets old, sick, or injured, what does it do instead of dying? It splits cleanly into two younger jellyfish It reverts to its juvenile polyp stage and grows up all over again It freezes solid until conditions improve It sheds its entire body and regrows from a single tentacle None There's a single living organism in Utah that scientists believe may be one of the oldest and heaviest things alive on the planet. What is it? A blue whale tagged in the 1800s A cave fungus spanning several acres Pando, an aspen "forest" that's actually one tree A coral colony transplanted from the ocean None The mantis shrimp throws one of the fastest strikes in the animal kingdom. Its punch moves so fast that it does something genuinely strange to the surrounding water. What? It freezes the water into a sheet of ice It boils the water, creating a flash of light and intense heat It magnetizes nearby metal It turns the water briefly solid like glass None You were born with more bones than you have right now. Roughly how many bones does a newborn baby have, compared to an adult's 206? About 206 — it never changes About 150 About 270 About 400 None The axolotl, a permanently youthful-looking salamander from Mexico, has a regeneration ability that puts most animals to shame. Which of these can it actually regrow? Just its tail Limbs only, and only once Limbs, heart tissue, spinal cord, and parts of its brain Nothing — that's a myth None Stumper. Tardigrades — the microscopic "water bears" — are famous for surviving conditions that would kill almost anything else, including the vacuum of space. What's the trick that makes this possible? They grow a protective metal shell They expel nearly all their water and curl into a glass-like "tun" They photosynthesize like plants when food runs out They rapidly reproduce to replace dying cells None Time's up
