. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Iacksoxs Hai!ti;hbi:st. l^.nntmf: by Sir Harry Ji^hinton, The Story of Some Strange Animal Colonies 123. A colony Tf ome ti^liteen IhuusandMoss Animals. in all respects to that from which they , however, never sow their wild oats, butalwa5s remain restless- roving creatures, yet thesegad-about jeUies have no mind to be outdone inthe colony-forming way by then- more peaceful andstay-at-home brethren, so they produce eggs, whichin time turn first to other little jellies calledPlanulas, and then to hyd
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. Iacksoxs Hai!ti;hbi:st. l^.nntmf: by Sir Harry Ji^hinton, The Story of Some Strange Animal Colonies 123. A colony Tf ome ti^liteen IhuusandMoss Animals. in all respects to that from which they , however, never sow their wild oats, butalwa5s remain restless- roving creatures, yet thesegad-about jeUies have no mind to be outdone inthe colony-forming way by then- more peaceful andstay-at-home brethren, so they produce eggs, whichin time turn first to other little jellies calledPlanulas, and then to hydroids, resembling theparents of the jelly-fish. But these eggs are not the only offspring olthe gay and restless little medusa, for by a processof buds which form around its mouth, underneathand around its disc, this remarkable little creatureproduces a series of other little jelly-fish, like untoitself in both form and habit. Though with the majority of the hydrozoathe baby medusse escape and lead for awhile ai-oving life, it is not the case with all; for instead of the little round bodies escapingthe moment the lid of the cup is opened, they remain and grow at home, lookinglike
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