How to Understand Coral Reefs

Coral is like the one that I cannot wrap my head around, Sam says. The first time coral reef was used was in 1745 so took a while from us using reef as reef And then associating coral with it Sure, because we had to figure out what coral was We were very confused about coral for a very long time he adds.

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Summer is just about over, but we can all cling to those warm, tropical feelings for at least one more week as we strap on our scuba gear and take a dive into the wild world of coral reefs! Scuba!

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[Trivia Question]

Coral average sperm per bubble

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4950549/

[Fact Off]

Deep-sea coral help zooxanthellae photosynthesize

https://www.scuba.com/blog/explore-the-blue/faascinating-phenomenon-coral-fluorescence/

https://elifesciences.org/articles/73521

https://www.science.org/content/article/coral-reefs-scatter-light-forests