![]() ![]() So, if you’re considering a Nemo for your home aquarium, you can help by asking if your Nemo was raised in captivity and avoiding Nemos that came from the wild. They use dynamite and poisons, for example, to stun the fish to collect them. Maybe they’ll make a part 2 and Marlin will be Marla! Yeah, okay, probably not, but my inner nerd loves the thought of scientifically accurate cartoons.īTW, one thing that’s seriously hurting Nemo’s home in the coral reef right now is that a lot of people like to have brightly colored tropical fish for their home aquariums, and divers don’t always use environmentally friendly ways of getting these fish. The film’s writer and director, Andrew Stanton, was so moved by Jojo’s story that he decided to make a movie about a clownfish who is separated from his family and has to find his way back home. Nemo & Marlin (Clownfish) In certain circles, the Clownfish is also referred to as the Anemonefish. It is an interaction between caretaker and precious marine life in a carefully established microcosm of an ocean reef. Finding Nemo was inspired by the real-life story of a clownfish named Jojo who was captured by fishermen off the coast of Australia. The vast majority of them are able to survive in an aquarium, however, certain species can only be discovered in their natural habitats, such as the Pacific Ocean. So in real life, if Nemo’s mom died, then Nemo’s dad would turn into Nemo’s mom. All of the fish from Finding Nemo may be found here in real life. But in real life, this would never happen because Nemo, like all false clownfish, is a sex-changing fish. What’s your point?) Anyway, in the movie, you might recall that Nemo has a dad but he doesn’t have a mom. However, it did miss one important part of their life history. So the movie certainly got some things right about the life of an anemonefish. Finding Nemo was the Oscar-winning, box office animated smash. Leave it to a scientist to spoil the fun about a cartoon fish. There’s a lot more to the relationship between Nemo and the anemone, but I will discuss that in depth in a later post. In real life, one clownfish changes sex when they pair up. They will care for their eggs by fanning and guarding them. Just like in the movie, they seldom stray far from the protective arms of the anemone, which is also where they lay their eggs. In general, false clownfish live in groups with one dominant female, which is the largest fish, a dominant male (the second largest) and then a few male underlings. In the picture above, Nemo is carefully tending to his home anemone. I’m a big fan of the movie Finding Nemo, so the first fish on my blog is Nemo, AKA the false clownfish. Image taken at the California Academy of Sciences. ![]()
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