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Fish Among Tentacles, Bee in a Flower

A small orange-and-white fish lives safely among a sea anemone’s stinging tentacles. The anemone gets cleaned and fed, and in a garden a bee carries pollen from flower to flower so both find food.

In the picture

  1. The orange-and-white fish nestled among the tentacles
  2. The anemone tentacle tip touching the fish’s mouth
  3. The bee sitting inside the open flower

Examples

  • Clownfish and sea anemones
  • Bees and the flowers they visit

Quiz: Fish Among Tentacles, Bee in a Flower (Age 9)

  1. What is the main idea of a partnership between two different species?

    • Both species help each other and both do better.
    • One species helps while the other is harmed.
    • Both species live together but do not help each other.
  2. In the fish and sea anemone partnership, what does each partner get?

    • The fish gets safety, and the anemone gets cleaned and fed.
    • The fish gets food, and the anemone gets carried to a new home.
    • The fish gets cleaned, and the anemone gets protected by the fish.
  3. Why does evolution reward partnerships like these?

    • Because both partners survive better together than alone.
    • Because one partner can stop working and still survive.
    • Because partners always become exactly the same.

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Nature, Age 9