There are many instance to prove, immense performances of very humble beings. The coral is a typical example.
The coral is a small marine animal closely related to the Sea anemone, but differing from it in their ability to develop a tiny skeleton! When alive, the coral is known as a polyp. It is a soft, jelly like mass with an interior sac, which serves as a stomach.
The structure of coral secretions, assumes a variety of forms, fanlike, treelike, mushroom like etc. The hard limestone skeletons form coral reefs found in the sea. The colonial corals are made up of a sheet of tissue formed by hundreds and thousands of polyps, covering a chalky skeleton.
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Thousands of miles of tropical shores, especially in the Indian ocean, are edged with reef. Barrier reefs are formed many miles off shore, like the Great Barrier Reef which has a length of about 1200 miles off the coast of Australia.
The most important coral formations are called fringing reefs, barrier reefs and atols. Atols are coral islands, shaped like a ring. Islands of the Union territory of Lakshadweep are Coral islands off the coast of Kerala.
The coral is a small marine animal closely related to the Sea anemone, but differing from it in their ability to develop a tiny skeleton! When alive, the coral is known as a polyp. It is a soft, jelly like mass with an interior sac, which serves as a stomach.
The structure of coral secretions, assumes a variety of forms, fanlike, treelike, mushroom like etc. The hard limestone skeletons form coral reefs found in the sea. The colonial corals are made up of a sheet of tissue formed by hundreds and thousands of polyps, covering a chalky skeleton.
Image Source: www.wikipedia.org
The most important coral formations are called fringing reefs, barrier reefs and atols. Atols are coral islands, shaped like a ring. Islands of the Union territory of Lakshadweep are Coral islands off the coast of Kerala.
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