2 Reef to Rainforest
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Only seven percent of the Great Barrier Reef is coral reef. The rest is a variety of interconnected habitats including the world's oldest jungle, hundreds of islands, and mysterious deep water gardens - all full of amazing wildlife. A giant deep-water lagoon connects all of these, and many of the creatures that live in it are impossibly weird - from giant hammerhead sharks to the bizarre 'pearl fish' that lives its life up a sea cucumber's bottom. The connections between all these environments mean that, not only do they depend on each other but, without them the coral reef itself would not survive.