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How does nesting in the sea anemones provide a safe habitat for the clown fish?
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What are all the ways that a anemone protect the clownfish
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∙ 8y agoSea anemones have a poisonous sting that kills other fish, so it protects the clown fish from predators.
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What is the symbiotic relationship is between clown fish and sea anemone?
The anemone will protect a clownfish, the only fish that the anemone will not sting.
How do clown fish adapt to their habitat?
Clown fish do not require obvious nesting sites to breed, which means they can increase their species almost anywhere. They have adapted to be able to withstand the stings of the anemone they live in.
What anemones do clown fish live in?
sea anemone
Is the clown fish the only fish that can live in anemone?
Clownfish are unique in their immunity to the sting of anemones because their scales are covered by a certain secretion that prevents them from feeling the pain. That is why anemones serve as a good habitat for them; they do not feel the sting of the anemones, while anemones ward off other predators.
What makes a sea unique?
Sea anemones coexist with clown fish, who are not bothered by the anemone sting. The clown fish hide from their enemies inside the anemones and the anemone eats scraps from the clown fish. . The clown fish also clean the sea anemone's tentacles.
What ocean zone clown fish live in?
Clown fish live in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, in anemones.
How are clown fish protected from the stinging cells of the tentacles they swim around?
The clown fish are coated in mucous which makes them immune to the anemones poison as well as secreting a chemical which neutralizes the anemones poison.
What are some threats to the clown fish?
The main threat to clown fish is pollution killing off the anemones that the clown fish use as a protection against predators.
Clown fish see anemone?
Simple: Most sea predators can be affected by the Anemone Poison! The clown fish can pass trough it without repercussions! It provides a perfect 'hiding place' for the clown fish for when the PREDATORS arrive!!!!!
Adaptations of a clown anemone fosh?
A primary adaptation is resistance to harmful sea anemones.
What is the name of what clown fish make their homes of?
They don't make their homes, they live in anemones.
What is a clown fish?
A tropical fish that is orange and white striped. They tend to live in anemones.
