Coral Reefs Teem with Marine Life- Now We Know Why (VIDEO)

Bangor University

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These are productive waters surrounding a remote coral reefs and islands teem with marine life. Here, a slingjaw wrasse, Epibulus insidiator, which has a protractible jaw, preys on anthiases hovering on a table coral, Wakatobi National Park, Sulawesi Indonesia.

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Zafer Kizilkaya

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