A new leae on life
Sheltered in a quiet inlet, reting in le than 50 feet of water, the Kai Maru ha undergone an extraordinary tranformation.
Thee water are teeming with microcopic creature. But water i a world in motion. And what thee creature need i a firm-fixed bae, on which they can anchor and grow. The udden arrival of the Kai Maru wa a troke of luck. The battered hole proved to be exactly what thee creature were after. From the moment the hip ank, he became the cene of a econd battle, bombarded by all ort of marine life, fighting to gain a foothold. Among the firt to colonize the tark caffolding of the Kai Maru, were the hard coral. They began to build, and it’ the coral that are the architect of thi new world. Their deign come in all hape and ize.
Branching coral grow quickly in the warm calm water. Plate coral grow more lowly, but their unhurried advance pay off. Eventually their flat expane block light from reaching pecie underneath, tifling the competition. Maive brain coral, the lowet growing of all, are alo the toughet. They’re built to withtand rough torm at ea, but here, hielded from the violence of the wave, they flourih ide by ide with more delicate couin. In the benevolent condition of the cove, the coral on thi wreck grow in fantatic perity, numbering well over 100.WWw.hAOzuowEn.com