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Show Fish Finds Protection Behind Coral Castle The student of marine life In the coral islands has often noticed a regular reg-ular arrangement of little piles of coral on the Eandy bottom of the water. wa-ter. These piles are not so small, either, for they often represent an accumulation of a thousand or more pieces. Around this pile is a ring ot i coral pieces formed as regularly as if done with some mechanical device. It is the home of the "razor" fish which moves these stones into a pile and the ring represents the limits of his domestic domain. The central pieces are so arranged that there Is an opening into its center into which the fish passes for protection. It is called "razor" because of the shape of its body, which is so sharp and wafer-like that It is enabled to dive into the sand and work its way rapidly rap-idly through it It will often plunge into the sand and turn until its head and gills protrude above the level and remain there unobserved to watch the proceedings about It. |