One of the main differences between plants and animals is that plants make their own food, whereas animals must eat plants or other animals (although there are a few exceptions). They use tentacle-like structures to gather food from the surrounding water. The "branches" of a coral and actually individual animals, called polyps. Amazingly, these polyps actually release the coral's eggs into the water. When baby coral first hatches, resembles a tiny jellyfish (jellyfish are surprisingly in the same phylum as jellyfish: cnidaria), and floats aimlessly until it lands on a rock or seabed. Once it has landed, it creates a protective shell that keeps it anchored in place. Soon, polyps begin to emerge, and the process begins again.
This site will give you more detailed info on why coral is considered an animal:
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/coral/coral1.htm
hope this helped!
if they breathe underwater... <=< FISH
No its animal to coral
an animal that needs coral :^)
Coral is actually an animal. It's an animal belonging to polyp family and have a hard exoskeleton with a soft body.
coral is a animal because it is made out of dead sea animals (damian123)
There are lots of plants in a coral reef but coral it's self is not a plant. It's millions of old, little animal skeletons; and a coral reef is not one piece of coral. It is an area packed with a bunch of coral.
A coral is a plant that lives in packs most of the time, you can usually find them in reefs or at the the ocean floor.
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Coral is an animal that creates a shell.
No, coral is an animal.
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An animal