{"id":20861,"date":"2018-11-20T11:21:05","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T10:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coralguardian.org\/8-faits-surprenants-sur-les-coraux\/"},"modified":"2021-03-17T14:42:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T13:42:19","slug":"8-surprising-facts-about-corals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coralguardian.org\/en\/8-surprising-facts-about-corals\/","title":{"rendered":"8 surprising facts about corals"},"content":{"rendered":"

In addition to being a food resource for more than 500 million people, a habitat for 25% of marine biodiversity, coastal protection in more than 100 countries and an economic resource of nearly $36 billion per year, corals have many other surprising features:<\/p>\n

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  1. The coral colony does not age, it constantly regenerates<\/li>\n
  2. For a large number of species, reproduction takes place once or twice a year depending on the moon and water temperature<\/li>\n
  3. The Great Barrier Reef is the only animal formation visible from space: it extends over more than 2300 km<\/li>\n
  4. Corals produce powerful chemicals able to fight several diseases such as cancer, arthritis, bacterial infections, Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease and other viruses<\/li>\n
  5. Corals and humans have a common genetic heritage<\/li>\n
  6. Corals are at the origin of the fine sand of tropical beaches<\/li>\n
  7. Fluorescence is a strange and mysterious phenomenon whose true function is still not well known<\/li>\n
  8. Without corals to protect coasts, waves could be twice higher<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For these reasons it is vital to protect them. Help us by adopting a coral<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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