Coral+Reef

=__Coral Reefs__= ====Coral Reefs are located around the Gulf of Mexico, near Africa, Australia, and below Asia. The average temperature of a coral reef is 18 to 30 degrees Celsius. The average rain fall in the Florida Keys is 1.05 inches.====

=__Location__= Florida key reefs came into existence about 5,000 to 7,000 years ago. The name of the Florida keys came from the chain of about 60 keys that extend from the Miami Beach. The coral reef in the Florida keys grows very slowly, it grows about 10 feet every 1000 years.

=__Activities__=

The activity is going to be in the Florida keys and the activities that you can do are snorkeling or scuba diving.
=Snorkeling Equipment=
 * Fins
 * Bathing Suit
 * Snorkeling
 * Mask

=__Sea Snake__= Sea Snakes are mostly confined to the warm tropical waters in the reefs. Predators are sea eagles, sharks, large fish, and eels. They feed on fish, eels, and prawns.

=__Black tip Reef sharks__= ====Black tip Reef Sharks is a shark of tropical warm temperate seas. The major predators are large fish and other sharks forever example tiger sharks. These sharks eat sturgeon, mullet, octopus, shrimp, and fish.====

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=__Mermaid Wineglass__= The Mermaid Wineglass are in shallow protected areas of reefs. They are attached to sea grass beds, and mangrove areas. The animals that eat Mermaids Wineglass are Mithraculas crabs.

= __Parrot Fish__= ====Parrot Fish are located in coral reefs in shallow waters around 10-164 feet. Some of the predators of the parrot fish include; snappers, jacks and moray eels. parrot fish like to graze on corals and algae growing on the surfaces of rocks.====



=__Clown Fish__= Clown Fish live in sea anemones which protect them from basically everything. Their only major predator is humans, who like to take them out of their habitat and putting them in fish tanks as pets. Clown Fish eat leftovers from fish or there anemone, and the also eat algae.

= = = = = = =__Padina__= Padina live in shallow water on hard surfaces such of rocks. Mithruculus crabs the only think that eat padina. = = = = = = =__Invasive Species__= An invasive species in the Coral Reef is Alien Sea Weed. The sea weed spreads very quickly and covers alot of the ocean areas including the Coral Reefs. The sea weed can kill the fish in the ocean.

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