Do sea anemones eat muscles?

Question

we went to the beach and found some sea anemones kept putting our fingers in them, it kept trying to suck our fingers. after that we threw a nearby muscle into it and it sort of swallowed it. but do they actually eat them???

Answer 1

Yes

Answer 2

no  

Answer 3

*mussels?

Sea anemones will eat anything, as long as it fits in its mouth. They are carnivorous creatures (like almost anything else in the sea). They also have stinging tentacles which they use to immobilize fish, but not all of them are poisonous to humans (might explain why you didn't get stung).

Answer 4

Probably bones, tendons, ligaments & soft tissue, too.

First...the creature to which you refer is correctly spelled "mussel."

Plural is :mussels."

Second...mussels are stationary as are sea anemones.  Both anchor themselves to a fixture, usually a rock or piling.  Both feed on passing by food items.  The mussel on microscopic critters and the anemone on any small object that floats into its tentacles, small fish, etc.  The anemone's tentacles contain a toxin that immobilizes it's "food."  It then draws the food into its mouth and digests the important parts.

I've never been privy to the waste cycle of a sea anemone.  You may wish to consult a marine biologist (or web site) if that's in your field of interest.

Good luck.

Answer 5

I don't know if they actually digest them but in time the mussel would disintegrate into the anemone and perhaps feed it.

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Answer 7

Yes. Sea anemones kill fish with stinging cells. They eat fish.  

Answer 8

They do not eat muscles but they might very well eat mussels.

Answer 9

Do you mean mussels?

Answer 10

Since neither can move after their juvenile state, The anemone would not be able to grab and eat a mussel.   If you put the mussel intto the mouth of the anemone it would eat it.