Thin bony fingers as inanimate as dry cigarette papers.
—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
16 July 2025
Partners View all partners Tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, but these colorful seascapes are built by tiny jellyfish-like animals called corals.
—
Noam Vogt-Vincent,
The Conversation,
6 June 2025
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