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Brain coral close up texture by fpalaticky

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Giant brain corals (Colpophyllia natans) are animals with soft tube-shaped bodies that live together in large groups. Individual giant brain corals, called polyps, attach themselves to the ground and then grow hard shells around their bodies. What we call coral is actually large groups, or colonies, of coral polyps living together in one area. Giant brain corals look green and brown underwater. One colony of giant brain coral polyps can build a mound of brain coral that is up to six feet tall.

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