. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. al bodies. Then the lids of the cups open and out come little surprise babiesthat have been formed within. Certainly their appearance must be as astonishing tothe rest of the colony as the behaviour of young ducklings on catching sight of apond is to a too confiding mother hen, for these veritable surprise babies have notthe remotest resemblance to the individual hydroid; in fact, unless you actually sawthem come out from the doors of the colony, you would never credit them with theirreal parentage, for instead of coming int
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. al bodies. Then the lids of the cups open and out come little surprise babiesthat have been formed within. Certainly their appearance must be as astonishing tothe rest of the colony as the behaviour of young ducklings on catching sight of apond is to a too confiding mother hen, for these veritable surprise babies have notthe remotest resemblance to the individual hydroid; in fact, unless you actually sawthem come out from the doors of the colony, you would never credit them with theirreal parentage, for instead of coming into the world as little polypes, with hungrymouths and graceful waving tentacles, they make their first appearance as miniatureJelly-fish. After these young jelly-fish, or Medusas, as scientific men call them, have enjoyedthemselves for a time, swimming about and seeing the world, the more sober-mindedamongst them renounce their roving ways and choosing a likely spot settle down inlife as staid and respectable founders of a new colony, which in time becomes identical.
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