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Fragments grown in tanks are planted back onto damaged reefs. The figure is taken from NOAA Fisheries, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Zoos breed corals for reef restoration

Fragments grown in tanks are planted back onto damaged reefs Coral can reproduce by cloning fragments or by spawning, and both approaches are used. Fragments grow faster in controlled light and temperature, then are fixed to rock with adhesive. Restoration is slow work, measured in decades. It sits in Mondo's animals collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Fragments grown in tanks are planted back onto damaged reefs. The figure is taken from NOAA Fisheries, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a animals fact?: Yes. It sits on the Animals shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.