Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the worlds largest coral reef it stretches over 2600km long! And its has over 2900 individual reefs altogether. The Great Barrier Reef is located on the edge of Queensland.

The beautiful reef is surrounded in lots of underwater creatures and maybe they'll jump out of the water to say hi.

Its Beautiful nature it holds the many reasons a tourist would want come to this luscious place.The Great Barrier Reef holds a great environment for anyone to play in. But there is a predator that is trying to destroy the beautiful reef and its called The Crown of Thorns Starfish. They eat the polyps that grow on the coral reefs to stop the coral from growing. It looks something like this:

As you can see its looks very dangerous well it is. In 2000 there was a report that there was a loss of 66% of coral! Through its spines it can release venom to HUMANS! It can cause stinging and it can last for hours even weeks! These creatures are not the only threat to the Great Barrier Reef like oil spills, ship accidents, diseases and tropical cyclones. One of these diseases are Skeletal Eroding Band (SEB) which is a black and dark gray fungus that covers the coral and kills it.