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Credits:
Narrator/Writer: Stephanie Sammann
Writer: Angela Wipperman (https://www.angelawipperman.com)
Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1)
Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations)
Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/)
Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net)
Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (  / forgottentowel  )
Producer: Brian McManus (   / realengineering  )

Imagery courtesy of Getty Images

Additional Footage:
Sasuke Tsujita
Beni Jellyfish Regeneration Biology Experience Laboratory

Music:
Beyond by ANBR
Event Horizon by Charlie Ryan
When the Sunriseinstrumentalversion by Yehezkel Raz
A Journeys Epilogue by Yehezkel Raz
Chachachill by Kola

References:

[1] https://thebiologist.rsb.org.uk/biolo...
[2] https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
[3] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/an...
[4] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29227...
[5] https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
[6] https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/immort...
[7] https://repository.kulib.kyotou.ac.j...
[8] https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/ma...
[9] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...