endangeredThis place of beauty has some of the most exotic and endangered species of turtles with it, 6 out of 7 species of marine turtles live in Great Barrier Reef. The people that work at the reef protect the animals that are endangered, keeping them from going EXTINCT!
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HistoryThe Great Barrier Reef is one of the Young Coral Reefs because young coral reefs are less than 10,000 years old. Old coral reefs can range from a couple million hundred years to only 2000 years old. The newest form of the Great Barrier Reef is only 8000 years old while its older forms can range form 200,000 years to 500,000 years old.
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