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Friday, December 19, 2014

Coral Head

From NOAA's Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary:




What does a parrotfish want for Christmas? A nice coral head to snack on! Some parrotfish munch on living coral to get to the algae inside (zooxanthellae), while others focus more on algae growing over coral skeletons. Either way, the "processed" coral crumbs become sand! (Images: FGBNMS/G.P. Schmahl)

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