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* the adaptation is that the clownfish blends in with orange colors at the bottom of the sea.
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∙ 14y agoThey have a heavy mucus membrane which is lacking a substance that triggers the nematocysts (stingy cells) in the sea anemone.
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∙ 14y agoClownfish have a coating on their skin that mimics the coating on anemones. The anemone is then tricked into thinking that the fish is simply a part of itself.
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They hide in the plant in the ocean
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Why does clownfish live in correl reef?
Clownfish can't live without a sea anemone, just like humans can't live without plants. Clownfish are the fish that can live in sea anemones. If other fish try to go in the see anemone they'll get harmed. Sea anemones protect clownfish only.
How do clownfish swim?
Clownfish have a symbiotic relationship with sea anemones. Besides anemones, clownfish donâ??t like many other organisms, and may be aggressive towards them.
What is an anemonefish?
An anemonefish is an alternative name for the clownfish, so named because the clownfish has a symbiotic relationship to sea anemones.
What is the deadliest fish in the world still living in the ocean?
sea anemones and clownfish
Characteristics of sea anemones?
They Have Poison That Does Not Does Not Work On Clownfish, Similarity To Plants,Aquatic.
What adaptation does a clownfish has making them able to leave on sea anemones?
the clownfish has a layer of mucus on the outside of them that protects them from being stung.
What kind of relationship does a sea anemone and a clownfish have?
The relationship of the clown fish and sea anemone is symbiotic in that the clownfish, having a coating of mucous that makes it immune to the anemone's deadly sting, can swim in safety in the anemone's tentacles, meanwhile attracting other fish as food for the anemone.
How do sea anemones affect other sea creatures?
Anemones provide food and shelter for clownfish. Clownfish appear to be the only fish that can resist the anemone's stinging poison. When an unsuspecting bigger fish tries to eat the clownfish the clownfish ducks into the anemone and the big fish gets shocked to death by the poison. Then the anemone eats the fish and the clownfish gets the scraps which is fine by it.
What kind of adaptation does Nemo have?
Nemo is a fictional character and has no adaptations. If you are referring to Clownfish in general, they have developed a symbiotic relationship with the sea anemones they live with. The Clownfish attract larger fish that the anemones stun and eat, and the Clownfish get protection from bigger fish.
How does the butterfly fish defend its self?
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.
How does clown fish protect themselves and from whom?
they protect themselves from larger carnivorous fish by hiding among the tentacles of Sea Anemones- which would sting and eat the larger fish... The Clown fish is immune to the Sea Anemone's stings.
What is a fact about sea anemones?
Clownfish can hide from Predators in Sea Anemonesand can't be stung because thy are covered with a layer of mucas.
