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Why the shark needs the sponge
A turtle leads Chris to the secret of the coral reef – the sponge. These are surely one of the weirdest animals on the planet but thanks to the way that they feed, the reef and everything on it, right up to the sharks, is able to glean enough nutrients from the clear seawater.
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