Welcome to an underwater world! Coral reefs are among the most beautiful places in the world. If we visit a coral reef, using a face mask, a look box or looking through a glass-bottom boat, we see a strange and wonderful world. Corals of different shapes and sizes and colors grow here. Some look like rocks; others have bushy branches that stand firm in the currents. Large coral reefs form masses of stony rock. They create food and shelter for other living creatures. Many kinds of small plants and animals live on, around, and within these coral boulders. Hundreds of colorful fish swim among the corals and hide in their shadows. Together, all these forms of life make up the coral reef. Vaaiaga I lalo O le sami! O a'au o le sami e faatusatusa lea i le voamatua ona o lona felanulanu- a'i ma lona matagofie. A tatou asiasi i a'au ma fa'aaoga mata fagota po'o se va'a e tioata lona pito i lalo, e mafai ona tatou molimauina lematagofie o meaola ese'ese o maua i o tatou a'au. O'amu ua foliga esa'esa ma so'o se lanu e vaaia. E iai foi 'amu ua pei oni ma'a le malo, ao isi ua falala solo pei ni lala o la'au. O a'au amu o siosiomia ai motu ua faia lea ma mea e nonofo ai le tele o meaola o le sami ae maise foi le faaaogaina o 'amu e fai ma mea'ai a le tele o nei meaola. Ua tele ituaiga i'a felanulanu'ai, o tami meaola ma laau foi ua avea le a'au ma o latou lafitaga. O le nonofo faatasi o nei meaola uma faapei ose aiga e tasi ua maua ai a'au. E komo mai i kekahi honua kai hohonu! Ho'ohana na ko'aka i na papa pohaku nunui. Ho'oulu na ko'aka i ka mea'ai a me na halepale no na meaola 'e a 'e. Noho na meakanu li'i a me na holoholona iki ma luna, ma waena, a puni o keia mau ko'a liek'ole. 'O na ko'aka na wahi no ho'i ma ka honua. Ina ho'okipa kakou i na ko'aka, me kekahi makaanianikai, kekahi pahu nana ai'ole ma kekahi mokupapaaniani, 'ike kakou i na mea ano 'e a kamaha'o. He mau kinona a me au na nui like'ole ko na ko'a e ulu nei ma 'ane'i. Like kekahi me na pohaku: a like kekahi a'e me na meakanu kupa'a i na au. 'Au'au a pe'e iho na i'a waiho'olu ma na aka. 'O ka hui pu 'ana o keia mau mea apau ke kumu o na ko'aka.

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