KEY ASPECTS OF THE STORY
like the clownfish, hide their eggs in a venomous shield. The shield closes and enfolds the fish, but does not harm it, for the fish is not its prey. It is merely a shelter. Occasionally, a shrimp will share the goby’s burrow. It is a win-win relationship, as the two small-timers help each other out, awaiting their ‘home delivery’, and the fish will soon need them to remove their parasites.. 16- THE ANEMONE, THE KILLER COROLLA An anemone offers us a close-up view of its gluttony, as it swallows crustaceans or tiny organisms. Its mouth is the end of the line for prey caught in the stinging tentacles. An anemone retracts completely, after feeding, or being suddenly disturbed. Later, we see it spread fully - and not by chance, for the rain of particles has already begun. Deep among the anemones, all kinds of shrimp are tolerated. They take good care of their hosts, and rejoice in the demise of their reef-dwelling neighbors, who carelessly venture too close to their protectors.
17- ILL-FATED ENCOUNTERS An oceanic whitetip shark from the lagoon digs in the current and frightens the smaller fry out of their holes. They scatter one after another at the predator’s approach. The nurse shark has opted to spend the night in a cave. The saber squirrelfish are nervous. The shark appears to be dozing at the back of the cave, but it is a super- predator, with a highly developed sense of smell and excellent eyesight, even at night. It would not be a good idea to linger in this cave. Another nurse shark appears to have teamed up with a moray eel, and both are resting beneath a block of rock. 18- THE BARBER’S SHOP Some rocks, and some blocks of coral, are popular and bustling places. This is like a barber’s shop for shrimp and bluestreak cleaner wrasse. The shrimp waggle their antennae and call in potential customers, while the gobies are in their starting blocks, observing the fish that pause outside their hiding spot. Suddenly, fish take up strange postures and open their mouths - this is the signal. A false cleanerfish dares to approach one of the local monsters, but it is not taken in by the subterfuge, and quickly gobbles it up. The false cleanerfish’s bold deception had finally failed it.
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