You Tube Blog #1

1.       The Great Barrier Reef is considered the ”largest living structure on earth.”
2.       Coral extracts calcium carbonate from the ocean to make solid tentacles.
3.       Red algae is like glue in regards to the structure of a coral. It helps with how the layout of the reef looks.
4.       The Great Barrier Reef became a national park in 1975.
5.       33% of the Great Barrier Reef is protected from fishing.
6.       The current reef is about 20 thousand years old, and the ancient reef is half a million years old.