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What is coral? The answer is coral is an animal. This cutaway diagram of a coral polyp shows the location of its photosynthetic algae, or zooxanthellae, which coral needs to survive.
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What Is Coral? A Coral Polyp and Zooxanthellae

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Whalers hunted right whales for baleen, which was used in a variety of commercial products such as umbrellas and whips.
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Ad for Whale Baleen Umbrellas

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This illustration shows whalers of the early 1800s with their highly profitable catch.
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Whalers in the early 1800s

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A North Pacific right whale swims in the Bering Sea.
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North Pacific Right Whale

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Photograph from above of two right whales, one touching the tip of its mouth to the back of the other..
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Two North Atlantic Right Whales

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A North Atlantic right whale with a deep wound caused by entanglement in fishing gear floats at the surface in the Bay of Fundy.
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Wounded North Atlantic Right Whale

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When water conditions deteriorate, the rivulus fish can live temporarily out of water.
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Rivulus Fish

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Mangrove roots help to build the peat underlying mangrove islands and protect against erosion.
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Mangroves Protect Against Erosion

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Fringing mangroves in Belize killed were smothered and killed by dredge material.
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Dredge Material Kills Mangroves

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This mangrove island in Belize was cleared and dredged to create sand beaches.
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Mangrove Island Clear-Cut for Tourism

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Dr. Candy Feller is framed by the roots of a mangrove tree on Panama’s Pacific coast.
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Dr. Candy Feller with Mangrove Roots

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Mangrove roots create a strong but permeable barrier to waves and currents in Belize.
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Mangrove Roots in Belize

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