Gavin Scott wrote:
> Guy writes:
>> There was one scene with a sun star fish (many legs)heading for a
>> sea anemone.  The sea anemone started to shake back and forth
>> violently until it dislodged itself from the rock and floated to
>> safety.  I didn't know they could do that.  The sun star almost
>> caught the anemone with the tip of one appendage.
>> Question is:  How did it know it could soon be lunch?
>
> A sea anemone has little eyes on each of its little tentacles.  These
> hundreds of eyes are constantly on the lookout so that the animal
> can...
>
> see an enemy.

:-)

It actually has very restricted vision, but did manage to catch a glimpse of
its foe in time. It was...

anemone of the peephole.

But the boring answer is probably that it could feel characteristic
vibrations in the water as the predator approached. I'm sure Wirt will soon
be posting whichever volume of the Encyclopaedia Britannica describes
this.... :-)

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Roy Brown

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