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2nd Place in WTA's 2011 NW Exposure photo contest in the Flora and Fauna category. The photographer used a macro lens and flash to capture this image. "I love that the flash caused part of the anemone to become luminescent, looking like a string of pearls."

String of pearls

By Jacqueline Kajdzik

Taken Aug 14, 2011 on Second Beach in the Coast region of Olympics.

2nd Place in WTA's 2011 NW Exposure photo contest in the Flora and Fauna category. The photographer used a macro lens and flash to capture this image. "I love that the flash caused part of the anemone to become luminescent, looking like a string of pearls."

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String of pearls

Posted by ttowanda at Jan 20, 2012 07:36 PM
In this anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima, the "ring of pearls" are specialized stinging tentacles called acrorhagi. The anemone uses these tentacles to defend its territory from other infringing anemones. They reach out with the acrorhagi and sting each other until one gives up.

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