Journey to the Microcosmos's video: Do Microscopic Immortals Actually Exist

Are you immortal if you never age? Defying death is not as clear-cut as it might initially seem. What we define as immortality depends a bit on what you think it means to die. Support the Microcosmos: http://www.patreon.com/journeytomicro Follow Journey to the Microcosmos: Twitter: https://twitter.com/journeytomicro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JourneyToMicro More from Jam’s Germs: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jam_and_germs YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn4UedbiTeN96izf-CxEPbg Hosted by Hank Green: Twitter: https://twitter.com/hankgreen YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers Music by Andrew Huang: https://www.youtube.com/andrewhuang Journey to the Microcosmos is a Complexly production. Find out more at https://www.complexly.com Stock video from: https://www.videoblocks.com SOURCES: https://www.livescience.com/57985-tardigrade-facts.html https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/bryophyte-ecology2/5/ https://jeb.biologists.org/content/212/24/4033 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5724245/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0531556597001137 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4133289/ https://science.sciencemag.org/content/365/6451/eaav9314 https://www.pnas.org/content/109/48/19697 https://biology.ucdavis.edu/news/mapping-cells-immortal-regenerating-hydra https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0047637486900448 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC43283/ https://www.pnas.org/content/97/7/3330 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2928801/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111027150207.htm