9781422283486

The colorful coral reefs in warm, shallow ocean waters may look like piles of rock. But they are built from the skeletons of millions of tiny animals called corals. The corals grow in all sorts of weird shapes. Some look like broccoli, and others look like brains! As hard as they look (and may feel), coral are very sensitive and easily damaged. Beautiful, rainbow-colored fish live among the coral. There are blue parrotfish, yellow angelfish, and orange-and-white clownfish. Clownfish swim among the deadly stinging tentacles of one type of sea anemone. For some mysterious reason the clownfish do not get stung—but any enemies chasing them do!

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