Super Survival Skills

How does living in sea anemones protect clown fish?

• Clown fish are the same colors as sea anemones.

• Predators stay away from sea anemones because they are poisonous.

• Sea anemones attack other fish.

• Clown fish have poison on their scales that come from the sea anemone.

_______________ stay together in groups for protection.

• Jellyfish

• Seahorses

• Angelfish

• All of the above

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What are tentacles?

• types of poison on jellyfish

• poisonous stripes on clown fish

• long arms on jellyfish and sea anemones

• the arms of a starfish

Why does mimicking another animal protect the mimic octopus?

• The mimic octopus looks like a more dangerous animal and scares predators away.

• Predators are scared of animals that change and will leave them alone.

• The mimic octopus changes to look like the predator to confuse it.

• The mimic octopus changes so quickly that the predator cannot see it.

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Sea animals have many survival skills. Are these animals ever eaten by other animals? Do their survival skills work all the time? Explain.

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