World's largest coral discovered in southwest Pacific Ocean

NAMPA / Xinhua

2024-11-15

SYDNEY, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Scientists have discovered the world's largest known coral in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The coral, which measures 34 meters wide, 32 meters long at 5.5 meters high, was found in the Solomon Islands' Three Sisters island group by marine scientists from National Geographic's Pristine Seas team. The standalone coral is made up of a network of nearly 1 billion polyps, small individual creatures, and is 300-500 yea......

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