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They practice polyembryony, which is great.

I'm curious about how growth and differentiation is determined through the nerve system. It's easy to determine that the individual zooid would be able to adjust once the message is received, cascade of hormone shifts from brain states, or muscle shifting from nerve signals.
But how the super organism itself makes these determinations.

Makes me think of this

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprioception


Or, was individual zooid awareness of their surrounding state already covered in the ancestor?

At which point I'm curious about growth of brand new structures, as expansion of existing ones would be localized.

This post has been edited by colddigger: Dec 13 2021, 10:22 PM

Its ancestor already did the thing, this does it the same way.

Became very scared at the name of this sub, definite relief to see it’s just because they have a gut.
Though, regarding the sub in a serious manner, not all species of anemone are capable of swimming when reacting to danger, so it’s a bit misinformative to simply say that they swim like an anemone.

This post has been edited by Oofle: Dec 18 2021, 07:23 PM