what are corals

We have plants on land, and we do to in the sea. We have trees and plants to form our rainforests on land. Many different species of plants and trees and we have the same underwater. Instead of trees and plants, we have corals. Yes, corals!
The corals may look like a colourful plant, but it is actually a group or colony of tiny creatures called polyps. Polyps are simple creatures. They have no brain, no backbone and they can't move from place to place. How boring!
Polyps live close together. In some special corals, they are even connected to one another so that they can pass food to each other and send warnings of danger throughout theie colony.


adapted from Life in the Coral Reef

Done by: Tabigail Hung