Pono anei ke kanaka i ka makahiki?

Ua lohe paha ʻoe e pili ana i ka moʻolelo (a leʻaleʻa paha i ka paʻi kiʻi ʻo Brad Pitt) ʻO ka hihia pīhoihoi o Benjamin Button, kahi o ka protagonist, ʻo Beniamina, i hoʻololi i nā makahiki. He mea ʻokoʻa paha ka manaʻo, akā, ʻaʻole maʻamau ka hihia o ka ʻelemakule a i ʻole ka ʻelemakule ʻaʻole i maʻamau i ke aupuni holoholona.

Inā ho'ākāka kekahi i ka ʻelemakule e like me ka lilo ʻana o ka make, a laila ʻo ka Turritopsis Nutricula—he iʻa i ʻike ʻia ma ke Kai Mediterranean—ʻaʻole ʻelemakule. Pehea? Inā he kanaka makua Turritopsis ʻeleʻele, hoʻololi ʻia kona mau cell i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻano cell like ʻole e pono ai ka jellyfish, a pale i ka make. Hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia nā pūnaewele neʻe i loko o nā ʻiʻo, a ʻo ia hoʻi. Hiki nō paha ke make i kēia mau iʻa ma mua o ka oʻo ʻana i ka moekolohe, no ka mea, ʻaʻole i kau ko lākou make ʻole a hiki i ko lākou wā makua. ʻO ka Turritopsis Nutricula ʻO ia kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona liʻiliʻi e kūʻē i ko mākou manaʻo maoli no ka ʻelemakule.

ʻOiai ʻo ka make ʻole he mea nānā kanaka, me he mea lā hoʻokahi wale nō ʻepekema i mahiʻai Turritopsis polyps i loko o kāna keʻena hana: he kanaka Kepani i kapa ʻia ʻo Shin Kubota. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ʻo Kubota Turritopsis ʻoiaʻiʻo paha ke kī i ka make ʻole o ke kanaka, a haʻi ka New York Times, "I ka manawa e hoʻoholo ai mākou pehea e hoʻolaʻa hou ai ka iʻa iā ia iho, pono mākou e hoʻokō i nā mea nui loa. ʻO koʻu manaʻo e ulu mākou a lilo i mea make ʻole iā mākou iho. " ʻAʻole like ka manaʻo o nā kānaka ʻepekema ʻē aʻe e like me Kubota—no laila ʻo ia wale nō ke aʻo ikaika i ka iʻa.

ʻOiai ʻoliʻoli ʻo Kubota iā ia, ʻaʻole paha ʻo ka transdifferentiation wale nō ke ala i ka make ʻole. Hiki i kā mākou mau meaʻai ke kī i ke ola mau loa—e nānā wale aku i ka mōʻī wahine nalo.

ʻAe, ʻo kekahi mea kupanaha makahiki ʻole he mōʻī wahine nalo. Inā laki ka pēpē nalo i kona ʻano he mōʻīwahine, piʻi nui kona ola. Hoʻohana ʻia ka larva laki i kahi royal jelly i loaʻa i ka physiologically active chemical ambrosia. ʻO ka hopena, hiki i kēia meaʻai ke ulu ka nalo i mōʻīwahine ma mua o ka mea hana.

Noho mau ka nalo hana i kekahi mau pule. Hiki i ka mō'īwahine ke ola i nā makahiki he mau makahiki—a make wale nō no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i ka mōʻī wahine ke hoʻohua hou. ʻO nā nalo paʻahana i kali mua iā ia, hoʻoulu mai lākou iā ia a make.