Saturday, April 21, 2007

The Power of Will

During breeding, the male anemonefish becomes aggressive and selects a nesting site on a bare rock or even inside the anemone’s mouth!

After the female releases the eggs into the nest, the male fertilizes them and tends over them.

Just because Nemo is a fish and a clown, you may assume that he has an uninteresting life. But this clown wears two masks - all clown fish are born male and can change sex at will!

Anemone fish have dormant reproductive organs inside them to become female when the occasion calls for it. When a female dies, the dominant male changes into a female and a non-dominant male takes over as the dominant male.

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