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Clownfish talk to each other with chirps,

clicks, and pops. They make some of

these sounds with their teeth.

Clownfish

C lownfish live on coral reefs, the most colorful habitat in the sea.

If you want to see one of these fish, you need to look for a

sea anemone first. An anemone looks a bit like a plant, but it is an
animal, too, with many fingerlike tentacles. It loves having clownfish

around, because the fish clean it and fan fresh water over it. It even
feeds on clownfish poop! However, the clownfish don’t work for free.

In return for their help, the anemone protects its fish friends from
bigger fish. Anemone tentacles have painful stingers that most fish

don’t like to touch. Clownfish are covered in thicker slime than
other kinds of fish, though, and can safely snuggle among the

stings without being hurt.

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