Clownfish Earn Their Shelter
Shelter is not immunity. Clownfish can live among an anemone's weapons because their surface mucus helps prevent its stinging capsules, called nematocysts, from discharging against them. The distinction matters. Rather than simply enduring venom, the fish avoid triggering much of the attack that makes those same tentacles dangerous to other visitors.The disguise remains imperfect. Although mucus p...More
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