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« on: January 21, 2005, 04:01:05 PM »

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What is the world coming to? An unsuspecting reef fish steps up to have its parasites removed by its favourite cleaner fish, the bluestreak cleaner wrasse, but instead of a thorough going over, it gets a nasty nip from the cleverly disguised bluestriped fangblenny, intent on a quick feed.

Blkue striped fangblenny hides in coral
Mimics in nature have usually evolved to resemble foul-tasting animals, in a bid to protect themselves from predators, but the bluestriped fangblenny fish mimics a model -the bluestreak cleaner wrasse- that is not only harmless but actually beneficial to many reef fish species.

Researchers at University of East Anglia, Isabelle Côté and Karen Cheney, have discover. . .
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2005, 03:48:31 AM »

Looks Beautiful !   ...uh ohh...
... Oh No !!!...not the...flanganglefangbenny !!!! :computer.gif:
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