Birds and land animals aren’t the only ones that work in symbiotic pairs some sea animals like the clownfish and the sea anemone do as well sea anemones which look like plants are actually dangerous animals with poisonous tentacles most fish stay away form anemones to avoid being stung however the clownfish makes its home among the sea anemones lt does not get stung because its body protected by a special coating living among the deadly tentacles of the advantage to the anemone there are several first the brightly colored clownfish attracts predators when the clownfish swims under the anemone’s tentacles to safety if the predator follows the anemone has the chance to sting and eat it other services the clownfish performs are cleaning up food scraps and dead anemone tentacles and chasing away fish that might eat the anemone while many symbiotic pairs may at first look like odd partners the benefits they provide one another are invaluable and may make the difference between life and death in fact it is often these animals very differences that make them perfect partners