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In this Non-textbook of Oceanography, we look for fashion inspiration among coral reefs.

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If the animals of the tropical seas were treated as modeling icons, and the structure of the reef as a catwalk,

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we would get a phenomenal show designed to meet the needs of the natural environment.

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The longest fashion runway is located off the north-east coast of Australia,

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it is a stretch of over 2,000 km Great Barrier Reef.

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The hallmark of this habitat are organisms that stand out with their unusual richness of colors and shapes.

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In the coral reef gardens, corals catch the eye.

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Reef-forming corals live in symbiosis with microscopic algae - zooxanthellae,

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that produce food by photosynthesis.

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There are corals whose polyps look like flowers sticking out of the bottom.

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Zoanthus corals are colloquially known as "buttons",

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they form dense clusters on the substrate, which they overgrow. 

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See for yourself what it looks like underwater.

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Functional outfits made with the greatest attention to detail,

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are the hallmark of the coral reef fashion houses.

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Classic black and white is visible in the color of the garden eel.

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This is a fish that resembles underwater thickets.

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It spends its life building a tunnel, this tunnel is longer than the fish that inhabits it,

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and the garden eel sticks its head in the direction from which the plankton flows.

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In barbed fish, we find retractable blades at the base of the caudal fin,

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and they are hidden in well-cut pockets.

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Surgeon fish use such a scalpel for defense.

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As it happens with fashion shows, not everything always goes according to plan.

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Just look at that unruly hairstyle on Antennarius.

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Of course, presence and a stable gait count on the catwalk.

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Batfishes tread hard on the bottom of the Indian Ocean and in the warm zone of the Pacific Ocean.

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To say of them that they "walk" is not too much of an exaggeration,

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because they have pectoral fins transformed into paws with a clearly marked elbow.

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It is thanks to such constructed limbs that they are able to walk on the bottom, move around it, like small tanks.

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The coral reef shows take place day and night.

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The same fish can present women's and men's fashion,

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this is because some species can change sex.

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In the Sea goldies for whom fashion shows are organized mainly on shipwrecks sunk on the reef,

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predominantly take part females led by males.

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When he is gone, then the strongest female is able to change sex and replace him in this role.

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In the ribbon moray, which looks like a carnival serpentine,

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adult male can change sex.

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We may like coral reefs because of their aesthetic values.

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However, let's remember that corals support life on the planet.

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Let's take care of these underwater landscapes so that future generations can also admire them.

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Water, water is the future...