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Wednesday’s Parrotfish
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
Source: underthevastblueseas
Friday’s Sea Dragon
Weedy Sea Dragon
Photograph by Richard Wylie
The camouflage that weedy sea dragons use to hide in the temperate marine vegetation they derive their name from is so successful that once they reach adulthood they have no natural predators. Unfortunately they are still at risk due to habitat destruction. The males of the species carry the bright pink, fertilized eggs underneath their tails for about two months before the fully formed young hatch and are left to fend for themselves.
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