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Europhyllia
Fri, 13th Jan 2012, 08:34 PM
My little boy wants to know why the clownfish always seem to nibble on their eggs.
http://www.dominopads.com/fisheggs.jpg

So what's the answer?
Mike
Fri, 13th Jan 2012, 09:16 PM
The male guards and cleans them.
Europhyllia
Fri, 13th Jan 2012, 09:20 PM
Our big mama nuzzles them too though. So it's for cleaning them? Thanks! :)
Kristy
Sat, 14th Jan 2012, 12:04 AM
That's what we read in that Clownfish book that's in the MAAST library. I did a little reading to prepare my lesson for a friend's home-schooled daughter and friend who came over for their marine biology lesson / field trip. Luckily we had a nice clutch of clownfish eggs at the time and the 8-year old girls had lots of questions so I was glad I had done my homework!

I was the coolest teacher ever because I let them each touch and play with an asterina starfish! :)
Europhyllia
Sat, 14th Jan 2012, 06:37 AM
LOL. Way cool, Kristy :)
BSJF
Sat, 14th Jan 2012, 09:44 AM
You know, you gotta make sure the men do the job right. If they don't you gotta do it yourself. :) jk
Europhyllia
Sat, 14th Jan 2012, 09:46 AM
You know, you gotta make sure the men do the job right. If they don't you gotta do it yourself. :) jk

lol I read that and thought Oh that makes total sense now! I can understand that.