I just like my two clownfish (I really have them in my tank)...so this isn't trying to be "Finding Nemo" and all. I also love when they are part of "symbiosis" which is two different creatures sustaining each other (fish feeds the anemone, anemone protects the fish). This is my third sub, and it took me a while to make all those damn dots!

and symbiosis is a fun word. bravo $5

i love watching this in real life - so i'd definitely wear it on a shirt!

I love this idea. I'm gonna sew it on a shirt at somepoint..once i get over that damn lazyness factor.

I know noone will agree with me, but I'd like it if "symbiosis" was actually written on the shirt. 5.

looks nice!

Thanks folks, I hope this lasts more than 24 hours! DeadPoetic, love your designs!

it would def look cool if the word was written on the shirt. try it.

you should put the word symbiosis on the shirt or people will think its just a pretty shirt with no point

Hmmm, I do like the text but perhaps I was reading too many comments "lose the text" and I got scared...I can always add it back though!

wow, I like this a lot =)

so wait... do the anemias eat the fish like "gobble gobble gobble" dead fish?

aww i like the little fishies. 4

the colours make it look like they are frozen in ice.

Re-submitted with text, hope it posts...

Light blue version with text:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12472270@N00/303867979/

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I love it with or without text!

$5

with text :)

haha yay for symbiosis!

awesomeee .. and with text is awesome!

awww...this is so pretty! i would definitely buy it. i like the fish. $5

Symbiosis is a close association of animals or plants of different species that is often, but not always, of mutual benefit.

The relationship between a small fish and a larger fish on which it eats parasites is an example of symbiosis. Therefore the flaws are highly shown. Symbiosis (pl. symbioses)(from the Greek words syn = with/plus and bio = life) is an interaction between two organisms when at least one benefits. The term host is usually used for the larger (macro) of the two members of a symbiosis. The smaller (micro) member is called the symbiont (plural: symbionts), or alternately, symbiote (plural: symbiotes). When a microscopic symbiont lives inside the cells of a host, it is referred to as an endosymbiont. The various forms of symbiosis include the following



* Parasitism, in which the association is disadvantageous or destructive to one of the organisms and beneficial to the other (+ −)

* Mutualism, in which the association is advantageous to both (+ +)

* Commensalism, in which one member of the association benefits while the other is not affected (+ 0)

* Artificial symbiosis, the mutually beneficial integration between a live part and an artifact.



In some cases, the term symbiosis is used only if the association is obligatory and benefits both organisms. Symbiosis as defined in this article does not restrict the term to only the mutually beneficial interactions (mutualisms).



Symbiosis may be divided into two distinct categories: ectosymbiosis and endosymbiosis. In ectosymbiosis, the symbiont lives on the body surface of the host, including the inner surface of the digestive tract or the ducts of exocrine glands. In endosymbiosis, the symbiont lives within the tissues of the host; either in the intracellular space or extracellularly. The various forms of symbiosis include the following



* Parasitism, in which the association is disadvantageous or destructive to one of the organisms and beneficial to the other (+ −)

* Mutualism, in which the association is advantageous to both (+ +)

* Commensalism, in which one member of the association benefits while the other is not affected (+ 0)

* Artificial symbiosis, the mutually beneficial integration between a live part and an artifact.



In some cases, the term symbiosis is used only if the association is obligatory and benefits both organisms. Symbiosis as defined in this article does not restrict the term to only the mutually beneficial interactions (mutualisms).



Symbiosis may be divided into two distinct categories: ectosymbiosis and endosymbiosis. In ectosymbiosis, the symbiont lives on the body surface of the host, including the inner surface of the digestive tract or the ducts of exocrine glands. In endosymbiosis, the symbiont lives within the tissues of the host; either in the intracellular space or extracellularly.



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An example of mutual symbiosis is the relationship between clownfish of the genus Amphiprion (family, Pomacentridae) that dwell among the tentacles of tropical sea anemones. The territorial fish protects the anemone from anemone-eating fish, and in turn the stinging tentacles of the anemone protect the clownfish from its predators (a special mucus on the clownfish protects it from the stinging tentacles).

Some goby fish species live in symbiosis with a shrimp.

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Some goby fish species live in symbiosis with a shrimp.



Another example is the goby fish, which sometimes lives together with a shrimp. The shrimp digs and cleans up a burrow in the sand in which both the shrimp and the goby fish live. The shrimp is almost blind leaving it vulnerable to predators when above ground. In case of danger the goby fish touches the shrimp with its tail to warn it. When that happens both the shrimp and goby fish quickly retract into the burrow.



A famous land version of symbiosis is the relationship of the Egyptian Plover bird and the crocodile. In this relationship, the bird is well known for preying on parasites that feed on crocodiles which are potentially harmful for the animal. To that end, the crocodile openly invites the bird to hunt on his body, even going so far as to open the jaws to allow the bird enter the mouth safely to hunt. For the bird's part, this relationship not only is a ready source of food, but a safe one considering that few predator species would dare strike at the bird at such proximity to its host.



One of the most spectacular examples of a symbiosis is between the siboglinid tube worms and symbiotic bacteria that live at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. This is a mutualistic symbiosis where the worm completely loses its digestive tract and is solely reliant on their internal symbionts for nutrition. The bacteria oxidize either hydrogen sulfide or methane which the host supplies to them. These worms were discovered in the late 1970s at the hydrothermal vents near the Galapagos Islands and have since been found at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps in all of the world's oceans. Mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism are often not discrete categories of interactions and should rather be perceived as a continuum of interaction ranging from parasitism to mutualism. For example, the oxpecker birds of Africa were thought to be living a mutualistic existence by picking parasites off large mammals including buffalo, elephants and zebra. However, it was recently realized that while the birds do this, they sometimes also keep wounds on the animals' skin open, and feed on the exuding blood. Hence the relationship between oxpeckers and their hosts is sometimes mutualistic and sometimes parasitic.



In fact, the direction of a symbiotic interaction can change during the lifetime of the symbionts due to developmental changes as well as changes in the biotic/abiotic environment in which the interaction occurs.



I think you need some education. Go read the book Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Evolution from Our Microbial Ancestors or Evolution by Association to help gain from this experience.



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^ Thanks for the vote AWorldApart! I've read this definition before. My first comment is still true, clownfish do protect the anemone, but I've seen them feed it also. No reason why there can't be more than one benefit. I've owned both fish and anemone several times in my salt water tanks, so I'm speaking from experience, no doubt!

I was just kidding man. No offense? OK? It's better with the text though.

No offense taken at all! I agree, I wish I could re-sub...I don't know how others here have done it with no changes...weird!

no, I like it without text! I think the coral in the background/underneath looks a little too mean and spiney.... would it be a big deal to make them look more realistic, with their little tentacles on top? Shaped like ----* instead of mean XXXX. If that makes sense. Still a $5 though!!!