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Cnidarians posses special stinging cells called cnidocytes or nematoblasts. Each cnidocyte acts as a capsule and encloses a namatocyst. The namatocyst is filled with a poisonous fluid, hypotoxin, and its anterior end is drawn out into a long hollow thread which may bear spines.
On being stimulated, the nematocyst is ejected and its long thread either injects poisons into the body of prey, killing or paralysing it or coils around it. Thus these help in food capture, offence and defence and in adhesion.
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What is the coiled thread like stinger that all cnidarians have called?
nematocyst
How can coral protect itself from enemies?
By corallite and nematocyst .
How do scorpions protect them?
With the stinger on the tip of their tail (:
How do honey ants use their stinger to protect themselves from predators?
they dont have a stinger you dumb s hit
What body parts do bees have?
mostly the stinger to protect her self mostly the stinger to protect her self
What defenses does the mudpuppy use to protect it?
They use a stinger
How does an Emperor Scorpion protect itself?
it crushed with its claws and then uses its stinger
How does a honeybee protect itself?
It has a stinger to jab at it's enemies. The problem with the stinger, is that if the bee stabs someone with it, the stinger attaches itself to the enemy and is torn from the bee's backside, which results in the death of the bee.
How does the wasp protect itself from its enemies?
With it's stinger, it strikes the attacker and releases venom into the attacker. The stinger is left in the attacker and soon, it dies.
How does the scorpion protect it self?
scorpians use their pincers and stinger of ppoison to prootect themselves
How does scorpions protect its self?
scorpians use their pincers and stinger of ppoison to prootect themselves
What causes a nematocyst to discharge?
Nematocyst discharge is triggered by an immediate approach or a foreign stimulus. When the cell is discharged, a brand new nematocyst is created as the system in each cell can only be activated once.
