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Anemones! With Friends Like These, Who Needs Anemones?
Relatives of the corals and sea jellies (jellyfish), box-jellies, and hydra, the 900 types of sea anemones comprise a group of oceanic bottom-dwelling, predatory animals of the order Actiniaria of the Class Anthozoa, of the Phylum Cnidaria. Like their other Cnidarian cousins, the sea anemones also have tentacles containing stinging cells as a way to repel attackers and a way to stun and paralyze prey so it can be eaten.
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Sea Anemones--Images
Feeding the dolphins...
Feeding the dolphins...
Cupcakes for Dawn's...
Feeding the dolphins...
Bath Junkie swag
Petting a dolphin
Feeding the dolphins...
Feeding the dolphins...
PCH trip
tasty
Although Not As Nasty As Jellyfish Stings, Anemones Can Also Deliver a Zap!
Unlike the jellyfish, hydra, and box-jellies, however, sea anemones do not swim very often (although they can swim in a fashion--usually by unsticking their basal pad (their "foot") and then undulating and twisting and flexing to awkwardly move through the water.
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Although most anemone stings are not harmful to humans, there are a few that can deliver nasty stings. Sometimes, the stings aren't powerful enough to go through your "thick" skin of your hands or the bottom of your feet... but if you brush against an anemone with your more thin and delicate skin such as the side of your arm or your belly or back, you will experience the stings.
Anemone Art
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Helaine's Blue Fish Black Cap
While visiting the Monterey Bay Aquarium for the first time, I saw this beautiful blue fish. (Don't ask me what kind of fish this is, 'cause I don't know!) If you know what kind of fish this is, ple
Reefer Color T-Shirt Multiple Colors Available
Aquatic t-shirt for saltwater aquarium lovers. Featuring live rock, gorgonian coral, sun coral, seaweed, anemone, blue mushroom corals, a royal gramma, clownfish, starfish, and scarlet crab.
Anemone Paranoia Sticker (Bumper)
The sea anemones are trying to kill me. Pig from 'Pearls before Swine' knows what I'm talking about. Don't you, Pig?
Anemone Links!
- Snakelocks Anemone from the UK
- This site not only has some pictures of this creature, but also has pictures of what kind of stings you can get from one if you aren't careful!
- Anemone Link!
- This site provides more detailed information on sea anemones.
- Another Sea Anemone Link
- This site has a photograph of another kind of sea anemone.
California Sea Anemones
Sea Anemones by the Bay--eBay, that is!
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Anemone Reading!
Did you know? If you can't find what you're looking for here, just click on one of the items below and then, once that webpage displays, enter some keywords in the search-box that further define the item. Chances are good that the special thing you've always wanted will appear on the screen (or perhaps a good selection of things that come close!).
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Clownfish and Sea Anemones (Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) by John Tullock
This handsome and highly useful manual focuses on more...0 points
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- NAIZA NAIZA Jan 18, 2009 @ 9:51 pm
- Terrific lens about Anemones. Definitely, a fabulous five!
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- Welcome to the Naturally Native Squids group. Don't forget to add your lens link to the appropriate plexo and vote for it.
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