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How do sharks effect coral reefs?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Well Firstly, the fish hide in the coral reefs to get away from sharks. However, the sharks know where the fish are and so visit the Reefs. When the sharks try to nose into the coral they find that they're too big to fit into it. But still, they persist and so end up squashing the coral.

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