Snakelocks anemones (Anemonia sulcata) completely filling a small rock pool. Sea anemones catch their prey by means of stinging tentacles. The tentacl

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Snakelocks anemones (Anemonia sulcata) completely filling a small rock pool. Sea anemones catch their prey by means of stinging tentacles. The tentacles also act as a deterrent to predation. The snakelocks anemone is unusual in that it cannot retract its tentacles. Photographed at Talland Bay, Cornwall, UK.

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