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<p>periods should be counted as part of the organism's lifespan.</p>

<p><big>Biological immortality</big></p>
<p>If the <a href="page.php?w=mortality_rate">mortality rate</a> of a species does not increase after maturity, and the species does not age, it is said to be <a href="page.php?w=Biological_immortality">biologically immortal</a>. There are numerous plants and animals for which the mortality rate has been observed to actually decrease with age, for all or part of the life cycle. Specimens of the cnidarian genus <a href="page.php?w=Hydra_%28genus%29">Hydra</a></p><p>
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