Frilled Anemone

Like many other marine animals, sea anemones do not need to move to obtain food. Attached to their base,they use their fine tentacles to catch and filter passing prey.

Like their cousins, jellyfish or medusae, sea anemones swallow their prey after paralyzing it with tiny poison nematocysts found on their tentacles. These nematocysts are responsible for the stinging sensation you will sometimes feel if you touch a sea anemone.