Identify the movement exhibited by the organism given below.

Slithering movement

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Somersaulting movement

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Ciliary movement

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Flagellar movement

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Solution

The correct option is B
Somersaulting movement

The above image represents the somersaulting in hydra, the body bends over and makes a new place of attachment with the foot. By this process of "looping" or "somersaulting", a Hydra can move several inches in a day. Hydra may also move by the amoeboid motion of their bases or by detaching from the substrate and floating away in the current.

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