What do jellyfish intitialy start out as?

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They begin life as tiny Planula floating in the sea. The tiny Planula attached to a hard underwater object such as a rock or shell immediately begins to grow into a Polyp. The Polyp can live like this for several years capturing passing small shrimp-like organisms and other tiny marine animals to feed upon. At this stage, the polyp's mouth and tentacles are facing upwards. Each Polyp produced from a Planula is able to reproduce new Polyps by a process called budding. Budding is the development of a completely new Polyp that comes from the body wall of the original creature, much like a branch growing from the side of a tree. These become detached as separate small Polyps. This is a type of asexual reproduction, since one Polyp gives rise to several 'daughter' polyps without eggs and sperm having to come together. This happens usually in the spring. Each Polyp begins a different sort of asexual reproduction. http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/marine/jellyfish/jellyfish_reproduction.html Jul 31 08, 3:42 AM