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The Great
Barrier is the name given to largest coral reef in the world; it
consists of around three thousand unique reefs and nine hundred
islands. The Great Barrier is 2,600 kilometres. It is said that
the Great Barrier can even be seen out of space. The Great
Barrier is also where the famous Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin
made a large number of film documentary about sea crocodiles,
reptiles, sea turtles, fishes. He was someone who loves nature.
But he died on the 4 September 2006 while he was filming a
documentary at the Great Barrier Reef; he got pierced by a
stingray barb in the heart. Steve Irwin was someone very famous
in Australia but not only there, his documentaries about
wildlife, mainly crocodiles and reptiles were known in the whole
world. He owned the Australia Zoo in Queensland, Australia with
his wife Teri. In the Great Barrier Reef there is a large
variety of fishes as dolphins, whales, sea snake. The Reef was
known by European only in the year 1770 by the explorer Captain
James Cook. The Endeavour had a wreck there and was damaged,
that was the way he discovered the Great Barrier Reef. The Great
Barrier Reef is a place where you will be able to admire
beautiful fish species. |
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