Page 14 - Guide to the Oceans

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REEF LIFE
polyps ntmd thrir bright
at how colmful the corals
Divers miting a coral reel
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at night are oltm arr,aud
on which the corals Iced,
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tmtadn to lttd. During
appear in thrir llashlight
is at night that the coral
beams. This is because it
these hours of darkness.
swim up onto &he red
tlny plankton animals,
FISHING AT NIGHT
rrom deeper water.
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whllctlp reel sharks (Trl4nCllo::-.bt,,,,)
hunting at nlgh1. During the day, the
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ck 01
falls, they burst Into frenetic activity
sharks rest peacefully In sandy coral
This pho1ograph, from Cocoo l•land
but as darkn<,..
sniffing nut coral fish hidden
In the Pacific Ocean, •hows a
caves and gulllc, -
SHAAK PATROL
deep In the reel.
RED SEA REEFS TuBE WORMS Coral polyps are not the only Colorful salt corals, such as these The coral red scene shown in the animals to make reels. The Delrdronq,tltya species from Fiji, main (lhotograph (above) is typical beautiful red worm (Serpu/a are dose relatives of reel-forming 0 1 the Red Sea. T
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. . for divers Ill cnJOY- . all reel mt < n r h I : is r 11 coplc m coasta . , _ ., ,. fP'' .
. I • same way ian d" crabs • 1 medicines. 1 •mall larva lhat drifted in and scnled on th e reel. Cloud, ul •mall, pink anthias llsh
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. . \'ISIT TO A CORAL REEi' IS an amatmi: cxptn<lll< . fl.A hl•ahhy reel simply burs1s with lik and wlor m JU st . t ich • I Oo:an may have many hundreds ol different sorts ol cora 5 . 1 l'ommunitics worldwide rely on coral reels to provide hsh. and many other materials. Bui reels arc impor1an1 to all ol us. Cora s use up cart111n dioxide to make their skeletons and t
lil' IIJE TO TIIE OCEANS REEF LIFE that a tropical rain forest docs on land. Ewn a sm starfish. Sl.'a urchins, and other annna s. i:lobal warming.
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