NOVA and PBS Digital Studios have produced a series of videos called “Gross Science.” One video explains how many beaches in the Caribbean, Hawaii, the Maldives and many other places around the world ...
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White sand beaches: You're sunbathing on fish poop
Find out how parrotfish, zooxanthellae, calcium carbonate (aragonite), and poop combine to make the white sandy beach ...
The Netflix documentary Chasing Coral makes passing reference to an extraordinary claim: Beaches are made of parrotfish poop. Here’s the thinking: These colorful beaked creatures of the reefs eat ...
Parrotfish poop out sand, and that’s just the beginning of what makes these guys weird. Parrotfish poop out sand, and that’s just the beginning of what makes these guys weird.
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