Scientists try to revive Japan's biggest coral reef

November 17th, 2008

Scientists are in an unprecedented project to restore Japan's largest coral reef by planting thousands of baby corals growing on tiny ceramic beds.

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• CLusterAble - Nov 17, 2008
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  I sure hope the project works. Coral reefs are so precious.
  
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• GrayMouser - Nov 18, 2008
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  Mucking with mother nature.
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• MikeB - Nov 19, 2008
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  In a recent interview, Godzilla revealed that he is not too thrilled with the idea saying, "Come on guys, that coral is really, really sharp and it hurts my feet alot! Do you know how long it took me to get rid of that stuff?"
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