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The Error of the Evolution
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can do so as quickly as a chameleon. The large-eyed sea
bass and squirrel fish are able to hunt at night, or at depths
where no daylight penetrates, thanks to their sensitive eyes.
Puffer fish defend themselves by inflating their stomachs
like a balloon and erecting their spines. Parrot fish camou-
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flage themselves at night by covering themselves with a ge-
latinous sheath; they feed on algae by breaking off pieces
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of coral with their powerful, beak-like mouths. Scavenger
fish and cleaner shrimp live off parasites on the fishes' skin.
These, of course, are only a few of the perfect systems and
flawless cooperations found among life forms on the reef.
Some reef-living fish species are able to camouflage
themselves very well, thanks to their colors that closely

Parrot fish
camouflage
themselves at
night by encas-
ing their entire
bodies with a gelat-
inous substance.

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