Wild Fact #943<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Today we are going to look a substantially smaller creature but very dangerous to the organisms that make the mistake of touching it.\u00a0 So, let’s take a look at the deadly sea anemone! The sea anemone are relatives of coral and the jellyfish.\u00a0 They are usually nicely coloured and extremely poisonous. So, how does a creature that simply attaches itself to the ocean floor cause so much havoc for fish?\u00a0 If an unsuspecting fish swimming by a sea anemone triggers the highly sensitive tentacles then that fish will all of a sudden be having the worst day of their life (they will also be having the last day of their life).\u00a0 Even the slightest touch will trigger the sea anemone to fire off a harpoon-like filament into the body of the fish. This filament is filled with neuro-toxins that will paralyze the fish.\u00a0 Now that the fish is no longer moving the sea anemone is able to use the tentacles to direct the fish into its mouth and voila they have dinner! An interesting side note, the sea anemone only has a single opening to the outside environment.\u00a0 This means that the anemone’s mouth is also it’s anus, and they wonder why their food always tastes so bad.<\/p>\nSo what lesson can you take from the last two Wild Facts?<\/em> Well, how about, don’t judge a book by it’s cover.\u00a0 If you did then you would think that the blue whale would be the most dangerous animal on the planet while the beautiful sea anemone would be no more dangerous than a pretty daisy. Nature is mysterious and within that lies all kinds of intriguing discoveries.\u00a0 Are you starting to see why I love nature so much?<\/p>\nDon’t forget to take a moment and reflect on the soldiers who have so proudly fought for our Country!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
First and foremost, I would like to take a moment to remember all of our soldiers who have fought and continue to fight for our Country.\u00a0 Let us never forget the sacrifices these soldiers and their families have made in order for us to be free.\u00a0 So, please make sure you take a moment to remember everyone that has fought for us! Thank you to all of our Veterans! On with today’s Wild Fact!\u00a0 I thought I would stick with the sea creature theme that I started yesterday.\u00a0 We talked about the large but harmless blue whale in Wild Fact <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[269,348,4026,4025,268,271,273,270,272],"yoast_head":"\n
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