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=THE OCEAN= In the picture are a few of the things that you could find in an ocean habitat yet most of the coral reefs shown live in warmer waters.

==== The coral reef is a very delicit plant that if is touched by human hands will be seriorsly hurt or killed.Also did you know that for coral reef to grow one inch takes about 100 years! humans have been harming the ocean and its inhabitents for almost a 100 years like cyicade fishing is where the put a poison in the reefs and it stuns the fish and then people dive in with crowbars and take apart the reefs and get the fish.Now a days it is elegal too fish this way. And you will be punished for poaching on the reefs if caught.====

Humans Effect on the Ocean
====Humans effect our oceans every day,buy killing dolphins and fish alike since 1950-1990about 6 million dolphins were killed in fishing nets.Humans also pullute the ocean by leving debry and other trshes in the ocean and can be cared for miles.In the picture a woman is swimming with bottle nose dolphin====

 Did you know ? A blue whale is the largest creature in the world measuring up to 110 feet!

Humans alone could destroy the earth that why we need to take care of the earth and not litter in it. Animals and there effect on us.

The oceans have many different depths and lights witch the depth of the light effects the water which means the father down the colder different types of fish adapt to different lights and temperatures. the twilight zone were it constantly stays dark and fish have to adapt like the lamp fish who has a light on top of its head.The light goes to about six hundred feet

Did you know that a sea star has two stomachs and if one of its legs gets cut of the sea star can grow it back or the leg can grow into a another leg.
Coral can only grow in shallow warm waters and is active at night, most of the oceans have sandy bottoms witch help fish camouflage to the bottoms or hide in coral reefs fish do this for protection and food.

Another way that humans pollute the ocean is by fertilizing and then running water down into the ocean witch makes the water thicker or dirtier water and the light can not get to the plants stopping photosynthesis and messing up the whole circle. this is a small food web of what can happen. the coral is a producer and the plankton live in the coral then the whales can eat the plankton and then medium sized predators can get eaten by the shark! Enjoy the color to!! \ Bibliography

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