Can you touch a sea anemone?

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Can you touch a sea anemone?​

Luckily, most anemones don't have large enough stinging cells to affect humans, but there are some to be wary of. If you have ever touched a small anemone, the sticky feeling you may have felt is caused by those tiny harpoons as the anemone tries to eat your finger.

 

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Anemone touchable?​

Anemone touchable?

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Hands Off! Five Reasons Not to Touch Marine Wildlife​

Hands Off! Five Reasons Not to Touch Marine Wildlife - Passions Of Paradise

A journey to the Great Barrier Reef is, for many, a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and most visitors want to make the most of their trip by engaging all the senses...

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A journey to the Great Barrier Reef is, for many, a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and most visitors want to make the most of their trip by engaging all the senses – the smell and taste of the sea air, looking at all the different varieties of fish and sea life, and hearing the waves slap against the side of the boat. However, there is one sense – touch – that can be harmful to the marine ecosystem. While it is human nature to want to touch, pick up, and handle strange, exciting new objects with our hands, this can have a detrimental impact on marine wildlife. What many visitors to the reef don’t realise is that there are five reasons why touching the animals is a big “no-no”.

 

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Sea Anemones (ah-nem-uh-nees) were named after Anemone flowers, a family of lovely, terrestrial flowers found around much of the world.

Sea Anemones: The stinging, fishing-eating, fighting flowers of the sea • Ucluelet Aquarium

Sea Anemones (ah-nem-uh-nees) were named after Anemone flowers, a family of lovely, terrestrial flowers found around much of the world. Looking at colourful Sea Anemones swaying in the ocean current, one can see why they were compared to a garden full of beautiful flowers. However, unlike their...

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