Sunburst anemone

sunburst-anemone

The color of the anemone is partly caused by symbiotic zooxanthellae (tiny algae) in its tissues. When you poke an anemone, it fires nematocysts (stinging cells) at you, but your skin is too thick to feel it.

~Adlysia

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