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07-18-2011, 07:38 AM
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I wonder . . .
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July 18, 2011 Parrotfish
Parrotfish, Great Barrier Reef
Photograph by David Doubilet, National Geographic The clownish grin of a bridled parrotfish reveals its power tools: grinding teeth used to scrape algae from rock. Though sometimes destructive to individual corals, the fish's efforts are mostly beneficial. Without them, algal growth could smother the reef. Scarus frenatus 
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