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World's biggest coral — so big it can be seen from space — discovered by chance off Solomon IslandsThe world's biggest coral — an organism made up of about a billion polyps — is about three times bigger than the previous ...
The behemoth coral, discovered in October in the Solomon Islands, is longer than a blue whale and older than the United States.
The coral colony, of the species Pavona clavus, measuring 34 meters wide and 32 meters long, grew over three centuries and is visible from space. A team of scientists, including some Spaniards, has ...
The "mega" coral is 112-feet wide, 105-feet long and 18-feet high, making it larger than a blue whale, the world's largest animal.
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