A team of researchers from Nicholas Bellono’s lab has discovered how the trigger system of jellyfish and sea anemones stinging works on a molecular level.

When food becomes scarce, sea anemones turn to their Plan B: Relying on their symbiotic relationship with algae under their skin.

You may remember Nemo rubbing himself against his home in Finding Nemo. Now researchers have figured out that the process changes the fish's bacteria.