The Great Barrier Reef
Along which coast is the Great Barrier Reef?
The coast of Queensland
In what years were there two mass bleaching events in the sea?
2016 and 2017
What was the name of the blue emperor fish?
Eddie
Monty
What was the name of the little cod?
Cora
Mention three different creatures that call the reef their home.
Fish, molluscs, starfish, sea urchins, sea snakes, hundreds of different birds, six of the world’s seven species of marine turtle, whales and dolphins, dugongs, rays, sharks..
What happens with the corals without the algae?
They will starve and eventually die.
What horror did the three fish friends witness?
Plastic! Bags, staws and wrappers.
What happend to the older fish?
He was taken by a plastic bag.
What promise did the anglerfish make, seeing as they were fighting against a common enemy?
He promised they wouldn't eat the other fish.
Polyps collect calcium from seawater to build themselves what?
Hard limestone castles.
How much of the shallow coral reefs, worldwide, have already died?
Half of all the shallow coral reefs
Monty and Eddie couldn't see Cora. Where was she?
How many marine animals die due to plastic pollution every year?
1 million marine animals.
Where had the three fish friends been when everyone started panicking?
They had just finished school.
What exactly are corals?
Hundreds of thousands of individual animals, called polyps
How long is the Great Barrier Reef?
2300 kilometers
Who saved Cora's life?
An heroic old fish
What did Cora want to protest?p
Plastic pollution.
What did the reef community do to honour the heroic old fish?
They held a memorial service for him.
Another creature often moves in with the polyps and give the corals their bright colors. What is this creature called?
Algae
What do we mean when we say that polyps are great multitaskers?
They only have one opening, meaning they both eat and excrete from the same opening.
What was the name of the heroic old fish?
Frederick
What did the herd of sea monsters look like?
large, round, dark grey, dark brown, mouths full of fang-like teeth, evil
One of the monsters swam up to Cora. Who was he?
The mayor of Anglerfish City, a city deep down in the dark ocean. An anglerfish.