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Sea Anemones and Acrorhagial Aggression When two sea anemones are placed together, and their tentacles intertwine, the anemones can either remain in contact, disband, or begin stinging each other with the “stinging cells” (nematocysts) on their acrorhagi. The third option constitutes an evolutionary example of aggression, seeing as the nematocysts are basically spring-loaded coils which inject paralyzing neurotoxin into their targets, killing them or forcing them to withdraw. Some scientists doing work in the 70’s and 80’s discovered that the likelihood that the anemones would wage war on each other was dependent on size, and, genetic similarity . Until now the SPLC has done nothing to combat this form of Ocean-floor Racism. I say: A polyp-on-polyp hate crime is still a hate crime. Anatomy of a hater ... Excerpt:
D.J. Ayre, Inter-Genotype Aggression in the Solitary Sea Anemone Actinia tenebrosa. 1982. PF Comments: None.Post a comment:
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