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The dont really defend themselves so much. Their defence is speed and camoflage (they blen in with many anemities) and other coral to avioid bring eaten but as far as actual defece, they dont really have one.

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Clownfish form symbiotic relationships with sea anemones. The sea anemones have poison in their tentacles which the clownfish has become immune to. Predators know that the sea anemone is poisonous and they tend to leave the clownfish alone if it's near its poisonous host.

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Clownfish have to trick the anemone into accepting them by darting amongst the tentacles until they have covered themselves with enough protective slime from the anemone.

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where did you find that?

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Clown fish hide in sea anemones which have thorny poisonous structures which hurt any organism that passes by.

Thee clown fish are not affected.

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the defenses of a clownfish is there tail

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