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Wednesday’s Parrotfish

05 Jun

Colorful parrotfish are abundant in shallow, tropical waters worldwide. Using beak-like front teeth, they feed by scraping algae from reefs. Small pieces of coral are consumed along with the algae and are pulverized by pharyngeal teeth in their throats. Undigested coral is then excreted as sand. Protecting parrotfish is a way of saving coral reefs from being over-grown with seaweed.

by John Scarlett, via

 
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Posted by on June 5, 2013 in Animals

 

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4 responses to “Wednesday’s Parrotfish

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    easyweimaraner

    June 5, 2013 at 06:06

    I wish I had a dress in this wonderful colors :o)

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    • DogDaz's avatar

      dogdaz

      June 6, 2013 at 21:12

      That would be lovely.

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  2. Gizmo's avatar

    Gizmo

    June 5, 2013 at 15:03

    Hate to admit it now, but when I lived in St. Croix we ate these 😦

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    • DogDaz's avatar

      dogdaz

      June 5, 2013 at 16:18

      Rainbow dinner

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