Explain budding in hydra with the help of labelled diagrams only.

Budding involves the formation of a new individual from a protrusion called bud. Budding is a process commonly seen in plants, yeasts and lower-level animals such as hydra.

In Hydra, the cells divide rapidly at a specific site and develop as an outgrowth called bud which develops as an outgrowth due to repeated cell division at one specific site . These buds develop into tiny individuals and when fully mature, detach from the parent body and become new independent individuals.