: A look at unusual animal partnerships by Steve Jenkins and Robin page. Grades 3-6. Houghton Mifflin books for children, may 2010. Check the copy provided by the Publisher.
is all about symbiotic relationships - partnerships - in the animal world. You probably know about a clown fish's relationship with an anemone. Clean the clown fish immune to the sting, live in the Anemone, keep it in exchange for protection. But their relationship is actually a little more complicated than that. For one thing, any clown fish is only immune against their Anemone. Another Anemone even of the same type, damage still the clown fish. For another thing, the clown fish has build its immunity by brushing slightly against the anemone's tentacles, gradually growing its contact until it is damaged by the sting.Leaves the clown fish of the sea anemone from more than 45 minutes or so, will it lose its immunity and start all over again! and in exchange for protection, the clown fish attracts other fish of the Sea Anemone.
Now you know a little more about clownfish and Anemone
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