GassyMon
Wazzuuup
My son asked me if corals can die of old age? I said I don't no. Do they?
Coral Death
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Ulta
REEFER
not that I know of...
Lol, good question.
I think they just continue to grow as long as conditions are adequate for them.
Then again I guess you could say the same thing about a giant Red Wood Tree :)
Lol, good question.
I think they just continue to grow as long as conditions are adequate for them.
Then again I guess you could say the same thing about a giant Red Wood Tree :)
Ulta
REEFER
I love how kids think of simple things that the rest of us so easily dismiss.
GassyMon
Wazzuuup
I got an email from a buddy who said his kid asked him what would happen if they hit a ninja while they were driving their car.
bjohanson1234
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Well, the ninja would fly up, pull out his kitana and slice open the roof, then throw a bunch of ninja stars at the passangers:mrgreen:
the reef kid
hi
Corals don't die of old age, depending if you mean each individual polyp, or the entire colony. A basic lesson of how a reef is formed in nature: All the SPS corals spawn at the same time, releasing 1,000's of eggs and sperm cells into the water. If the corals are lucky, a sperm will hit an egg, and fertilize it. Then, the gamete (fertilized egg) will eventually land on something hopefully hospitable as far as the coral's needs. As that coral grows into a big colony, the lower sections that the coral grew from will be shaded out, and thus will die. This will continue, and the dead sections of coral will become rock. So, while the coral as a whole colony of polyps will continue to live on, each individual polyp will die eventually.
sen5241b
Reef enthusiast
Nothing lives forever except maybe a few trees. Check out the Huon Pine.
bjohanson1234
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the reef kid
hi
Wow, that is really cool about the jellies. I've never heard of that.
