Unlikely Ocean Life Helps Keep Hawaii's Beaches Beautiful
December 8, 2006 @ 07:36 AM (EST)
Source: Khnl.com
Hawaii's beaches are famous throughout the world. A new research shows parrot fish could play a big role in our sandy shores.
Parrot fish are named because their teeth are packed tightly to form a parrot-like beak.
And those beaks help them pick algae off of coral. But it turns out they're doing a lot more than keep our coral clean...
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