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Preventing aging is in most cases not beneficial from an evolutionary standpoint and it appears some animals, like octopi [0], have evolved self-destruction mechanisms [1] because normal aging mechanisms takes too long to kill them.

[0]: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-figure-...

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenoptosis



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