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Seaweed and sea slugs rely on toxic bacteria to defend against predators

  • Written by Samantha Mascuch, Postdoctoral Fellow of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Seaweed and sea slugs rely on toxic bacteria to defend against predatorsCoral reefs contain an intricate web of predators and prey.lisnic/Shutterstock.com

Plants, animals and even microbes that live on coral reefs have evolved a rich variety of defense strategies to protect themselves from predators. Some have physical defenses like spines and camouflage. Others have specialized behaviors – like a squid expelling...

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