Sea Anemones in a Tide Pool, Seal Rock State Park, Oregon © Doug Hickok All Rights Reserved (Velvia slide film)
Although it may look like a flower, a sea anemone is a marine predator. Around its mouth are tentacles armed with poisonous stinging cells used for self-defense or capturing prey. If I were a small fish, or crab, or errant toe, I would not want to make an enemy of anemone. |