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438-Year Old “Massive” Coral Discovered in the Great Barrier Reef in “Excellent Condition”
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438-Year Old “Massive” Coral Discovered in the Great Barrier Reef in “Excellent Condition”

August 23, 2021

PICTURED: Nathan Cook, one of the members of a citizen science project that uncovered an enormous coral in the…


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