SEAHORSES AND OTHER CREATURES

BY: ALLIE,KYLIE,JANICE

CORAL REEFS DIVE INTO A CORAL REEF AND YOU SEE SWRILS OF EVERY COLOR AT EVERY TURN. RED,YELLOW AND BLUE FISH DART THROUGH THE SUNLIT WATER . PURPLE SEA SLUGS SLITHER PAST THE BRIGHT ORANGE CORAL.

SEAHORSES

WHAT HAS A HEAD LIKE A HORSE A TAIL LIKE A MONKEYS AND SWIMS? A SEAHORSE! BABY SEAHORSES LOOK LIKE THEIR PARENTS BUT SMALLER. SEAHORSES ARE DIFFERENT IN MANY WAYS.SOME SEAHORSES MATE FOR LIFE.

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SEAHORSES (COUNTINUED )

SEAHORSES CAN ROLL THEIR EYES IN TWO DIRECTIONS AT ONCE! MR.MOM! MALES HAVING THEIR BABIES SOUNDS ODD,ISN’T IT? SOME SEAHORSES ARE UNUSUAL IN OTHER WAYS SUCH AS HAVING NO TEETH AND STOMACH.

TINY SEA ANIMALS CALLED CORAL POLYPS BUILD REEFS. EACH ANIMAL BULIDS A SKELTON AROUND IT’S BODY. COLOR IS A GREAT WAY FOR ANIMALS TO SEND SIGNALS IN A REEF. IT MAY SEEM STARANGE BUT BRIGHT COLORS HELP REEF ANIMALS HIDE. THE COLORS START WITH THEIR POLYPS THEMSELVES. POLYPS GET THEIR BRIGHT COLORS FROM ALGAE. ALGAE ARE TINY PLANTS LIVING IN THE POLYPS BODIES . NOW, YOU JUST LEARNED ABOUT CORAL REEFS.

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SEAHORSES (CONTINUED)

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TODAY PEOPLE BUY MILLIONS OF SEAHORSES AND PUT THEM IN TANKS FOR PETS. THIS MIGHT SOUND FUNNY BUT VERY INTRESTING. THE FEAMALE SEAHORSE MEETS ITS MATE EACH MORNING. THEY CURL THEIR TAILS TOGETHER AND “DANCE”. SEAHORSES ARE AMAZING!