Predators drive Nemo’s relationship with an unlikely friend

28 Nov 2018
A clownfish hiding away in the anemones. Credit: Stefan Andrews

Predators have been identified as the shaping force behind mutually beneficial relationships between species such as clownfish and anemones.

The finding results from a University of Queensland and Deakin University-led study.

UQ School of Biological Sciences researcher and Australian-American Fulbright Scholar Dr William Feeney said the research aimed to understand the origin of such relationships, known as interspecies mutualisms, which are extremely common in nature.

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