The story for kids
This is coral. It looks like a rock or a plant, but really it's made of thousands of tiny little animals. They build a stony home around themselves, and that's how a coral reef grows.
Facts
- A coral is made of thousands of tiny animals.
- They build a stony skeleton around themselves, and that is how a reef grows.
- Corals grow very slowly, just a few centimetres a year.
Numbers
- Growth
- A few cm a year
- Eats
- Plankton