Talk:Hydra vulgaris

Regarding the statement "When the Hydra wishes to move it releases its grip on its base and is carried away in the current."

Who can be happy with a statement that an organism of this simplicity wishes anything?

Would this not be better as a statement of what happens in certain conditions rather than attributing a wish to do something, like "Movement takes place when the Hydra releases its grip on its base and is carried away in the current." P0mbal (talk) 22:17, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Article needs updating, based on new German study
This Wikipedia Hydra article needs to be updated by someone who's better at scientific writing than am I to reflect what I just read in this article...

SEE: Kiel University Press release no. 332/2012 from 2012-11-13

Gregg L. DesElms (Username: Deselms) 04:29, 11 December 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deselms (talk • contribs)

Synonyms
According to, I found that Hydra vulgaris has two synonyms are Hydra magnipapillata and Hydra attenuata. Should I create an redirect? Alphama (talk) 13:47, 24 December 2013 (UTC)