The Deadly Arms That Hold You Safe
On coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific, the sea anemone is a terror. Its tentacles carry nematocysts — microscopic harpoons loaded with venom — that paralyze...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Nahum 1:7.
On coral reefs across the Indo-Pacific, the sea anemone is a terror. Its tentacles carry nematocysts — microscopic harpoons loaded with venom — that paralyze and kill nearly anything that touches them. Fish that brush against an anemone don't swim away. They become food. But there is one exception. The clownfish carries a specialized mucus coating that neutralizes the anemone's sting.…
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