Coral Reef Fact: May – Oct is nesting season for sea turtles in FL. Artificial light near beaches threatens hatchlings because they use the light from the night sky reflected in the ocean to guide their way to the sea. Check out this cute video that demonstrates the problem from the Sea Turtle Conservancy Donate […]
Coral Reef Fact: Chitons (primitive marine mollusks ) have teeth made of the magnetic mineral magnetite. This gives them an abrasive tongue to assist in feeding and may be used in navigation. Learn more Reef Relief today & help protect our astounding marine environment go to reefrelief.org/act/donate
Coral Reef Fact: Ordinary life cycle of a Sea biscuit (video) Sand dollar/Sea biscuit (Clypeaster subdepressus) larvae can clone themselves as a mechanism of self defense. “Larvae exposed to mucus from predatory fish can clone themselves, effectively halving their size. The smaller larvae are believed to better escape detection from fish predators, but may increase […]
Coral Reef Fact: The Orange ball corallimorph (Pseudocorynactis carribbeorum) resembles sea anemones but is not. You can see the difference from sea anemones in the tentacles which radiate out from the middle, forming concentric circles. Read more Donate to Reef Relief today & help protect our astounding marine environment go to reefrelief.org/act/donate
Coral Reef Fact: Just like traffic signals, Stoplight Parrotfish (Sparisoma viride) undergo a color change during their life-cycles: they change from red to green. Donate to Reef Relief today & help protect our astounding marine environment go to reefrelief.org/act/donate
Coral Reef Fact: The Portuguese Man o’ War (Physalia physalis) is a siphonophore, which differ from jellyfish in that they are not actually a single creature, but a colonial organism made up of many highly-specialized individuals called zooids. The zooids are attached to each other and are incapable of independent survival. Learn more Donate to […]
Coral Reef Fact: Longjaw squirrelfish (Neoniphon marianus) can produce a chattering noise by grinding their teeth in the throat and stretching muscles against their long gas bladder. Donate to Reef Relief today and help protect our marine environment.
Coral Reef Fact: Caribbean spiny lobsters (Panulirus argus) migrate along shore and offshore seasonally; traveling in single-file lines to deeper water in order to evade the stresses of the cold and turbid waters. Lobster Migration scene – From the Trials of Life Donate to Reef Relief today and help protect our marine environment.
Coral Reef Fact: Moray Eels secrete a protective mucus over their smooth, scaleless skin which in some species contains a toxin. Learn more Donate to Reef Relief today and help protect our marine environment.
Coral Reef Fact: The Southern Stargazer (Astroscopus y-graecum) is designed so that its’ eyes, nostrils, most of the mouth are above the sand when they bury themselves to ambush prey. They are, also, capable of protruding their eyes for a short distance above the sand. Learn more Donate to Reef Relief today and help protect […]