Peer pressure can make this clownfish change its stripes
- Posted on March 2, 2026
- By NPR
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Peer pressure can make this clownfish change its stripes
Tomato clownfish, in response to an unpredictable world, appear capable of adjusting when they lose their stripes based on cues from other fish and their habitat, a new study in PLOS Biology finds.
