Rocke has three adaptations. These are color change, spikes, and tail with suction. The spikes are green when not being changed. They always are around one inch long, but can vary in size. The spikes are also a defensive ability that keep predators from eating it. The ability to change color is an adaption that allows it to become any color, but not able to change texture. This is mainly a defensive adaptation. When frightened …show more content…
Rockes diet is strictly coral. It only eats certain types of coral because some can’t be digested and can kill it. It has an instinct that tells it what coral to eat and that is how it knows what coral to eat. If rocke didn’t have this instinct then it would most likely not be here at all.
The rocke lives in warm water areas near coral. The main percentage of rockes is located by The Great Barrier Reef. The reef has a ton of coral for rockes to eat. It also is warm which rockes love warm water. This is a great place to go and observe rockes. The rocke has a mutualistic relationship with the nugy. It is mutualistic because he helps me protect myself and I give it food. My role in the environment is to make sure that the coral doesn’t grow to much. This has helped coral in a major way. This has helped other organisms by giving them habitat that the coral would take over without help of the rocke.
The rocke hasn’t evolved much over time, but it has evolved. The rocke used to be two inches by two inches but is now three inches by three inches. It also had smaller spikes and tail but has grown. It used to have a tail around one inch but has grown. The spikes also have grown by .5 inches. The rocke is a simple but interesting organism that has been here for a long