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coral are actually animals, not plants, since they do not make their own food. They are the largest structures of biological origin on Earth. Most structures that we call coral are, in fact, made up of hundreds to thousands of tiny coral creatures called polyps, which secrete calcium carbonate

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Fun Fact: coral are actually animals, not plants, since they do not make their own food. They are the largest structures of biological origin on Earth. Most structures that we call “coral” are, in fact, made up of hundreds to thousands of tiny coral creatures called polyps, which secrete calcium carbonate

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