[Coral-List] can anemonefish count??

[Douglas Fenner]

Clownfish may be capable of simple math

https://www.science.org/content/article/counting-nemo-clownfish-may-be-capable-simple-math

Counting Nemo:: anemonefish *Amphiprion ocellaris* identify species by
number of white bars

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article-abstract/227/2/jeb246357/342628/Counting-Nemo-anemonefish-Amphiprion-ocellaris

Colour patterns influence symbiosis and competition in the anemonefish-host
anemone symbiosis system.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1576

Cheers, Doug

-- 
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

Costanza, R. 2023. To build a better world, stop chasing economic growth.
Nature 624: 519-521.   https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-04029-8

Fossil fuel air pollution kills 5 million people world-wide per year
https://www.yahoo.com/news/research-shows-disturbing-between-millions-200000257.html

World's richest 1% emit as much as 5 billion people
https://makerichpolluterspay.org/climate-equality-report/

Huge expansion of fossil fuels planned, will be very destructive
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/08/insanity-petrostates-planning-huge-expansion-of-fossil-fuels-says-un-report

"without policy changes, the world will heat up enough by the end of the
century that more than 2 billion people will live in life-threatening hot
climates"         Will you be in that area???
https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-sounding-alarm-dangerous-problem-123000792.html

World subsidies for fossil fuels reached an all-time high of over $1
TRILLION in 2022, the last year for which data is available.  The subsidies
MUST end.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/fossil-fuel-subsidies-must-end/