Ocean Wonderland Page #3
like a ribbon of doom,
with a venom so powerful
that just one bite is all it takes.
You're dead within seconds.
I think I'd rather wait up here.
Could we get moving?
Everyone still with us? Good.
Luckily for you,
sea snakes seem to prefer seafood.
Here is one of the most important predators
to be found on a reef,
the potato grouper.
Some groupers reach truly impressive sizes,
over 8-feet long
and weighing more than 600 pounds.
They don't skimp on their meals, either.
The largest ones even dine on small sharks
and, sadly, young turtles.
Yes, poor Quincy ended his days as
a rather unhappy meal for a potato grouper.
When two groupers meet for combat
or courtship, complex rituals often ensue.
Hard to believe and hard to admit,
but the ocean's most graceful creature
is not the turtle.
It's the eagle ray.
As these gentle giants glide along with
the majesty of their airborne namesakes,
it is easy to forget
that we are viewing fish beneath the waves
and not eagles above the clouds.
Their wingspan can reach widths
of up to 8 feet.
the eagle ray is an elusive beauty.
An encounter with even just one
is always a privileged moment.
Sometimes I wish I had wings like those.
But then again,
I make out fine just the way I am.
Diving deeper,
you'll meet lurking among the reefs
the most powerful predator of them all.
The shark is among the ocean's
most ancient inhabitants
and, for me, the scariest, I might add.
So if you don't mind,
I'll stay here while you look at them.
350 million years of evolution
have honed them to predatory perfection.
Hundreds can find their home
in one healthy reef.
Fast, fierce, sleek and agile,
an incredible animal
that I prefer to view from afar,
because at feeding time, they
behave as if they have a licence to kill.
And I suppose they do.
Unprovoked, sharks rarely attack people,
and yet humans have decimated
the shark population
by killing millions of them each year.
Sharks are now rare on most reefs.
Today, another darker reality faces
our reefs. They are endangered.
When a coral reef dies,
all the life that thrives
in and around it vanishes, as well.
Since one-quarter of all us marine
life depends on the reef for survival,
imagine the consequences.
The health of the planet
depends on the health of its oceans.
the well-being of our Earth
is thrown into peril.
I used to visit this reef every year
when I was younger,
a reef that was teeming
with life and activity.
Today, this reef is dead.
There is no more life here.
Sewage, industrial waste, pollution,
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