. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. and in such manner they are protected, being assured immunity from the attacksof many would-be devourers. Whether the little fish under discussion are poisonousor otherwise as food has not been determined, but in the former instance it mightbe supposed that the fishes colours alone would suffice as a warning to over rashaggressors, and that there would be no need of the additional protection yieldedby the sea anemone. As a simply protective provision, however, the bright hues ofAmphiprion are probably amply efficient. It can
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. and in such manner they are protected, being assured immunity from the attacksof many would-be devourers. Whether the little fish under discussion are poisonousor otherwise as food has not been determined, but in the former instance it mightbe supposed that the fishes colours alone would suffice as a warning to over rashaggressors, and that there would be no need of the additional protection yieldedby the sea anemone. As a simply protective provision, however, the bright hues ofAmphiprion are probably amply efficient. It can be readily understood that a larger fishor other marine creature that in hot pursuit of its prey suddenly finds itself as itwere precipitated into a bed of stinging nettles will in the future give the gaudy littleAmphiprions a wide berth. The marvel is that the anemone refrains from exerting itsstinging powers upon and from killing and devouring its little pensioner. Seemingly therelationship betwixt the two is much the same as that between the shark and the pilot. From a Fhotograph by W. SaviUe-Keiit, FIEHASFEB. An Eel-like fish that hves as a parasite within jelly-fishes, beche-de-mer and pearl oysters. In this example the shell-fish being annoyed by the intruder has entombed it within a winding sheet of its own pearly substance. 120 Animal Life fish, the pilot acting not only as a scout to scent out provender, but also as a lure toattract larger game within striking distance of its adopted protector. The role of utilityplayed by the small crab, as also certain species of prawns that are commonly met withas fellow commensal guests of the big anemone, is not so obvious. It is probably thatof scavengers. In another little group of fishes, a more essentially parasitic mode of life are the Fierasfers, of somewhat eel-like shape and semi-transparent consistence,which are noteworthy for taking up their abode within the body or mantle cavities of thejelly-fish
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