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Clownfish Shrink in Size With Their Breeding Partners to Survive Heat Stress
Learn how these tiny clownfish, famous for their role in the "Finding Nemo" films, survive the trouble of heatwaves.
Clownfish shrink their bodies to survive ocean heat waves
New research finds clownfish shrink their bodies to survive warming oceans. Scientists observed some of the orange-striped ...
Clownfish shrink in size to survive heat waves
A clownfish inside an anemone. Scientists monitored and measured 134 colourful clownfish in Kimbe Bay during an intense heat ...
How do clownfish survive a heat wave? By shrinking themselves down
Clownfish like Amphiprion ocellaris (pictured in in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea) are known to make their homes amid the ...
Clownfish shrink during marine heatwaves – new study
Wanting to know how clownfish cope with changes to their environment, we repeatedly measured 134 wild fish in Kimbe Bay, ...
‘Shrinking Nemo’: Study finds clownfish can shrink to survive higher sea temperatures
Clownfish, a small orange and white species made famous by the “Finding Nemo” movies, have been found to shrink in order to ...
Shrinking Nemo: How clownfish survive deadly marine heat waves
A new study shows that orange clownfish can reduce their body size when water temperatures are unusually high.
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Clownfish Shrink Down Their Bodies to Survive Ocean Heat Waves, New Study Suggests
The adaptation appears to help the fish cope with high temperatures, since individuals and breeding pairs that shrank ...
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Clownfish shrink their bodies to survive ocean heat waves
Warmer water temperatures can bleach sea anemones that clownfish call home, forcing them to adapt to stay alive. Scientists monitored and measured 134 colorful clownfish in Kimbe Bay during an ...