Marine Life with Brenda

Seagrass  Seagrass is a wonder-plant that lives along our shore in sandy, flooded areas. It is important to our sea's safety, and can help address environmental issues. Seagrass traps carbon up to 35 times faster than tropical rainforests, and although it occupies just 0.2% of the seabed, it consumes 10% of the ocean's carbon every year, making it an important resource in the fight against climate change. Seagrass is essential to marine life which depends on food and shelter meadows.Seagrass is an important nursery for endangered species including seahorses and many of the fish that we eat, including cod, plaice and pollock.

Copperband Butterflyfish  The Copperband Butterflyfish ( Chelmon rostratus)  is a very notable species, with its elongated snout. It is relatively thin and measures approximately 20 cm. Yet with a sleek form and fluid swimming motions (this wonderful marine creature moves like a bailarina dancing at the sound of the Four Seasons of Vivaldi), it is very attractively coloured and can be found in reefs of the Indian and Pacific Ocean. 

Moorish idol Did you know that Moorish idol have this name because of the Moors of Africa who believed that this beautiful fish could bring happiness. This fish are like my relatives from another ocean (Hahahah).  The Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus) is a species of marine fish, the only known example of the Zanclidae family. The Moorish idol, a typical inhabitant of tropical to subtropical reefs and lagoons, is noteworthy for its wide range throughout the Indo-Pacific.