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Just keep swimming, Nemo

05/04/07

Posted under Research

DID you love “Finding Nemo“?

Well, based on the results of this research project, his dad Marlin probably shouldn’t have worried; apparently, Nemo could have found his own way home.

Here’s an excerpt from the Reuters report that came out in Scientific American:

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Nemo, it seems, never needed finding.

The orange and white clownfish star of the hit cartoon movie “Finding Nemo” really is able to find his own way home after spending months at sea, an Australian-led team of international researchers said on Friday.

“When they are out in the open water they are actually quite sophisticated. They can swim well, they can smell, they can see, they can hear well, and they use a whole suite of senses,” joint team leader Glenn Almany told Reuters.

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