A new discovery has revealed that relationships between fish and sea anemones are more diverse than those portrayed in Finding Nemo .

It suggests that there the former may use the latter as a tool of self defense, while the latter uses the former as transportation.

Captured through breathtaking blackwater photography, the images featured in a study published in the Journal of Fish Sciences show rarely seen encounters between these creatures that may provide mutual benefits.

Gabriel Afonso, lead author and Ph.D. student at William & Mary, said that the emerging field of blackwater photography, or images captured by night-time divers, made this study possible.

Rich Collins is one of the divers who contributed to the article and a consultant at the Florida Museum of Natural History. H

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