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When coral animals die their skeletons do indeed fall to the sea floor. This is the only place where they can go.

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False, their skeleton is already part of a reef. New coral animals build their skeletons over those of the ones that died, building a larger reef.

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Yes, they do.

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Their skeletons form the coral reef.

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