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Jellyfish repellent modelled on clownfish
Jellyfish repellent modelled on clownfish Israeli scientists have seized on the secrets of
the tiny orange clown fish to produce a lotion they say fends off
the nemesis of swimmers everywhere: the sting of hte jellyfish. A
cream developed by Amit Lotan, a marine biologist, nad his
molecular scientist wife, Tamar, mimics the defensive secretions of
the clown fish, which lives, without being stung, in the wavering
tentacles of the sea anemone, a type of jellyfish. The compounds
inhibit the painful and sometimes fatal stinging mechanism that can
illicit lacerating welts and burning blotches on its
victims. AUGUST 28, 2000
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