Does the sea anemone have any natural enemies?
The salty waters of the seas teem with creatures large and small, and the first rule of life in the ocean is eat or be eaten. The days and nights are full of foes and fears. Like all other marine animals, the pretty sea anemones have their share of enemies and hardships. Sea anemones thrive in shallow waters near the shores. Their flowery faces cluster together in tidal pools, looking like gardens of dahlias and daisies. Others live where we cannot see them, anchored to the floor of the deep ocean a mile or more below the surface. All of them look for all the world like pastel petaled blossoms, and they belong in the class anthozoa, a scientific term meaning the flower animals. Nevertheless, the 1000 or so sea anemones are animals. The pretty creatures must live in the tide tossed, mixing and merging waters of the salty sea. It is not easy to watch the events of their daily lives in natural conditions, but a few patient observers have done it. It is not easy to keep them alive in the l
