Did you know that coral reefs are actually very crowded? So, in order to survive, each species has its own niche within the reef community. An animals niche includes where it lives on the reef, what it eats, how it finds its food and how it protects itself against predators.
Some reef animals are covered from head to toe with very sharp and painful spines that keep their predators away. Others are either flat or oddly shaped so that they can slip into places which is out of the predators reach. Talk about hide and seek!
Some reef animals live on the reefs surface while some hide in crevices. The rest prefer to be on or near the ocean floor. Creatures that are active at different times often share a home. when one of them is out hunting, it's the others turn to snooze.
adaptedf from life in the coral reef
Daone by Tabigail Hung
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