Sand is the result of broken down rocks from many different places. Some beaches have tan colored sand from the rocks they’ve broken down from; others have black sands from eroded volcano matter. The white sand in Hawaii and surrounding areas mostly comes from parrotfish poop! The species de...
Parrotfish munching on algae ingest coral and then eliminate the rocky substrate, creating island-building grade sediment in places like the Maldives. Julia Rosen reports
If a parrotfish does accidentally digest coral, they poop it out as sand. Since these swimmers spend about 90 percent of their time snacking on algae, they create a lot of sandy waste. One large parrotfish can grind up enough coral to create up to 800 pounds of soft, white sand a year...
The famous white-sand beaches of Hawaii, for example, actually comefrom the poop of parrotfish. ... At the same time that it helps to maintain a diverse coral-reef ecosystem, parrotfish can produce hundreds of pounds of white sand each year! What does a parrot fish taste like? What does...
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sand often ends up washing ashore, so think of that the next time you are on a soft powdery beach. You may be grateful that the earth beneath your feet had passed through some bumpheads' alimentary canal, although fish poop might not be a great conversation topic during a romantic stroll...
After all that eating, get this: They poop fine white sandlots of it! Each parrotfish produces up to 700 pounds of sand each year. Eladio Camacho of Charlotte Amalie on Facebook. Their numbers are so depleted, and algae levels are so high, that they cannot be fished sustainably rig...
Have you ever dug your feet into the warm, soft surface of a white sand beach? Felt the fine, dry grains slide pleasurably between your toes? Thank a parrotfish. Specifically, thank it for its poop.Most of the sandon just about every white beach in the world is the product of generati...
Parrotfish Build Islands with Their PoopJulia Rosen