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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
Coral 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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