It has the bragging rights as the deadliest fish in the sea, with venomous spines that are lethal. The upside for any fish is that it doesn’t use these spines for hunting. The downside, it’s a master of camouflage.
As the name suggests it looks like…well a rock or stone that blends perfectly into its surroundings. So even if you swam or crawled past the stonefish you wouldn’t see it.
One of the keys to their success are pimple-like glands, called tubercles that cover their bodies. These glands produce and secrete a white milky substance called crynotoxin (meaning toxic skin) that oozes over the body of the stonefish.
This acts like a fertiliser attracting marine plants to grow on it BUT acts as an anti-foullant discouraging animals from settling on their skin.
Growing a real-life garden all over their body, allows them to sit out in the open and not be seen. It leads animals right down the garden path, encouraging prey to come closer and even hide amongst their ‘backyard’. But what looks like a safe shelter can turn into a gaping mouth that swallows prey whole.
Curious as to why the stonefish don’t want to attract animals to grow on their bodies? Stay tuned for our next blog.
For more deadly gardening tips from the stonefish check out:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0041010181901288
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