In order to survive and reproduce, each organism must adapt to its physical environment, as well as to the other organisms in that environment it shares relationships with. As you dive through Australia's Great Barrier Reef in this Evolution Web feature, you'll discover relationships that have evolved between the resident organisms. Some are predators and prey; others compete for space, food, or mates; and still others are dependent or codependent on each other. Can you identify examples of co-evolution that occur in the Great Barrier Reef?
The shark have rows of teeth and powerful jaws that help crack hard carapace(shells) of a turtle.
ReplyDeletewow thats really cool i really want to go diving there now it seems really full of life
ReplyDeleteThat was really interesting Leslie! I didn't know that so many organisms exist in the coral reef and that so many bonds between them have evolved!
ReplyDeleteWhat do you mean when you say co-evolution?
thx....now i finally understand
ReplyDeletethats a cool activity! the poor turtle is going to be eaten by the tiger shark! and its so weird how the trevallie fish eat other fish. and i dnt understand why some organisms would want to eat the crown of thorns starfish...ouch! oh and ive read about the manta ray and remora once!
ReplyDeleteI read a few articles on the Great Barrier Reef and I heard about how badly the government is trying to protect the place.
ReplyDelete-Shahriyar Haider
A lot of the evolution in the Great Barrier Reef is to become immune to toxins produced by other organisms.
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool!! You learn about all the differnet animals that live in the Great Barrier Reef!!!
ReplyDeleteAnnique
Hi Leslie,
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how many different species of coral, fish, mollusks, and birds there are. The Great Barrier Reef is just so beautiful.
I dont think this has anything to do with co evolution but i found this prettry cool. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ygreen/20100427/sc_ygreen/sixamazinghybridanimals
ReplyDeleteIt is really cool how the animals live in so many places in the Great Barrier Reef. It is also very interesting to see how these animals live all together.
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ReplyDeleteThis is cool and it helped me alot!
Wow! There are so many different species that live near the coral reef! It's cool to see how some of them interact with each other... thanks Leslie!
ReplyDeleteJulia G. 7F
The Great Barrier Reef is so pretty!!! I'd be a shame if something happened to it... I wouldn't want anything to happen to those fascinating species D:
ReplyDeleteIs this an example of co-evolution too?
ReplyDeleteAs gazelles get faster to not get preyed upon by cheetahs, the slower cheetahs die out and the faster ones reproduce to have fast offspring. Then the population is generally faster.
Tom Suchecki 7G
i've always wanted to go to the great barrier reef, it's the largest living structure in the world, it can be seen from space
ReplyDeleteAdam DeHovitz
It's so cool how every species is dependent on at least one other species, and how completely different species can be related to one another. It's also pretty cool how so many different species live together in the Great Barrier Reef. Thanks Leslie!
ReplyDelete-Caitlyn 7H
thanks for the post leslie! this helped me with my hw today!
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