Clownfish Eggs - The Real Finding Nemo

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A pair of saddleback clownfish (Amphiprion polymnus), also known as saddleback anemonefish, tend to their eggs at the dive site Bethlehem, between Caban Island and Marcaban Island near Anilao, Batangas, the Philippines.

Clownfish eggs are laid in a roughly circular patch stuck securely to the reef next to or slightly under the host sea anemone. The female lays the eggs and the male fertilizes them afterwards.

The parents continuously aerate the eggs with their mouths and fins to keep them oxygenated and clean as they grow. Any unhealthy eggs are picked off by the parents. The smaller male clownfish tends to do more of the work while the larger female parent defends the nest and her mate.

The eggs hatch in 7 to 10 days. As they develop the eyes become relatively large compared to the body. These eggs are quite mature and the larval clownfish babies probably hatch from the nest that night.

In the film Finding Nemo, the characters were intended to be a slightly different species: ocellaris clownfish, Amphiprion ocellaris, otherwise known as clown anemonefish.

The sea anemone in this footage is a Haddon's carpet anemone, Stichodactyla haddoni.

The video was shot by Nick Hope with a Panasonic GH4 in a Nauticam NA-GH4 housing. I used an Olympus M.Zuiko ED 12-50mm f3.5-6.3 EZ lens.

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“We’ll name this half Marlin Jr and then this half Coral Jr. Okay, we’re done”

gilbertesse
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Now the problem is : Which one is Nemo?

dariya
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The new live action Finding Nemo is looking great!

lovi
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Incredible! So many little souls staring back at me in the photo!

vkcpopp
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I love watching these clips you have, but i really love the long documentary's like the andaman documentary. I loved dedicating that hour and 56 minutes of my time to watch and learn about the sea life!!! Really love this channel! if you could do more documentary's like those i would really appreciate it and watch all of them!!!

micaelaaa_
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When you realize the size of a actual clownfish and a fully grown barracuda, finding nemo dosent make much sense

JustJohn
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If you look closely, you can see some older, hatched siblings. Still tiny compared to the parents, however.

absolutezerochill
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Surprised the babies don’t get blown away by the violent thrashing the clownfish project over them

BenGi-yjio
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Too bad that didn’t happen to Marlin’s children 😢

wonjaeyi
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Film: Sphere
Real Life: Wavy, tiny, sardine lookalike pellets.

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A pair of saddleback clownfish (Amphiprion polymnus) tend to their eggs at the dive site Bethlehem, near Anilao. The first time I've deliberately filmed clownfish eggs with a macro lens.

#clownfish #clownfisheggs #Anilao  

bubblevision
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Tell me a barracuda won't leave 1 cracked egg...

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Soubhana lah les belles et précieuses choses se trouvent au fond des océans très beau partage comme d'habitude merci pour cette belle vidéo bonne journée

alwalidaworld
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Simply beautiful. I love sea life. well, some sea life. like this.

zoeabbey
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So cool I am surprise that the eggs won’t float away

joshephand
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OUTSTANDING! Do you know why the parents shake the eggs?

alainayork
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So relaxing, interesting, and beautiful.

songbirdred
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I love the undersea World. this is really lovely thanks, have shared

eccentricoldcow
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Aww..!!! .Awesome video ❤❤❤Loved it ❤❤❤ Greetings from Dubai ❤❤❤

amazingworld
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They are so cute.... I love these videos... I am getting my scuba diving certificate, and
would love to discover those blue seas in your videos! Thank you! :)

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