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Are corals plants or fish?

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What looks more like plants than animals.?

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Why are corals different from other sea creatures?

Corals are not plants. They are the colonies of dead creatures called polyps. Their skeletons stack to make coral reefs.


Are there any plants living at the ocean floor?

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Does coral breath?

Not in the way you are probably thinking of breathing. They undergo photosynthesis, as they are plants, which means they absorb CO2. This is plants version of "breathing" .


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