Kindergartners are learning about all the ways that fish can protect themselves in their habitats. Besides hiding in rocks or in various tunnel-like structures, fish also partake in other survival strategies against predators.
Some of the strategies we discussed were where fish depend on other organisms for protection. For example, the clown fish hides in a sea anemone. Even though the sea anemone has stinging tentacles, the clown fish becomes immune to them and is then protected as a predator comes by. The mackerel also hangs out in the tentacles of the Portuguese man-of-war. Fish also sometimes offer up cleaning services to a fish that will protect it, like with the wrasse and the google-eye fish. And the most popular defense strategies are to swim in a school or use camouflage. Check out the students' models of these various protection strategies!
Some of the strategies we discussed were where fish depend on other organisms for protection. For example, the clown fish hides in a sea anemone. Even though the sea anemone has stinging tentacles, the clown fish becomes immune to them and is then protected as a predator comes by. The mackerel also hangs out in the tentacles of the Portuguese man-of-war. Fish also sometimes offer up cleaning services to a fish that will protect it, like with the wrasse and the google-eye fish. And the most popular defense strategies are to swim in a school or use camouflage. Check out the students' models of these various protection strategies!
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