Coral Realm

Let’s take a look under the seas today, whaddya say? Today’s FamilyFirst site celebrates life undersea around the coral reefs of the world.

It’s called Coral Realm, and it will dazzle you with beautiful photos and facts about sharks, rays, reef fishes, and invertebrates.

The site is actually a pay site ($29.95 a year), but there is plenty to sample free of charge.

For instance, let’s look at the Encyclopedia. It describes over 1000 species of reef dwelling species. At press time, samples that provided full descriptions included the tiger shark, the smooth stingray, the giant frogfish, the blacksaddle snake eel, the shortfin lionfish, and Scott’s fairy wrasse. Details vary, from a wealth of info about the tiger shark to a fairly brief writeup of the snake eel. Oh well, maybe there just isn’t that much to say about snake eels.

Sharks occupy a prominent place at this site, much as they do in the reef. But invertebrates outnumber sharks by sheer numbers in the ocean, and they do so here as well. Inverts are classified by genera (sponges, stony corals, soft corals, sea anemones, worms, crustaceans , mollusks, and echinoderms).

The site even features an online university! CoralRealm University has courses aimed at the scuba diver. You can even earn a CRU degree! Not sure if that would help you land a job on Wall Street, but it would be cool to have nonetheless!

So strap on your fins, make sure you have plenty of air in your tanks, and enjoy this week’s undersea FamilyFirst offering!

http://www.coralrealm.com

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