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INGULSRUD, RUTH GILMORE |
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Cricket; May/Jun2021, Vol. 48 Issue 8, p11-11, 1p, 1 Color Photograph |
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It cannot speak But still, its mouth is like a beak Its beak is formed from bony jaw The strangest mouth you ever saw It chews on coral close at hand And when it's done, it poops out sand It keeps the coral algae-free And lives thus symbiotically The coral thrives; the fish gets fat So both can benefit from that At night he makes a sleeping bag Of slimy slime that doesn't sag Inside his sack he's safe and sound From predators that swim around His scales are bright as feathers rare But parrot fish can't fly through air A different name might be preferred Since this sea parrot's not a bird Note The brightly colored parrot fish helps keep coral reefs healthy by eating excess algae that can cover the coral colonies. The parrot fish is not a bird It cannot fly. It scrapes off some of the coral as it eats, and that coral sand passes through the fish. [Extracted from the article] |
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Complementary Index |
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