Conversation among Corals
Shaueel Persadee imagines a discussion among inhabitants of an undersea community facing threats from the world over which they have no control. Persadee is a student of Biology and Environmental Sceince at the University of the West Indies and education officer at the Pointe-a-Pierre Wildfowl Trust. He also writes a creative blog https://shaleics.wordpress.com/ One great ocean, spreading around the globe, its waters connected by a complex variety of courses and transformations. One great sun, shining down from the heavens, spreading light and heat more intense than the world could ever hope to use. Yet, beneath the rolling waves near some tropical islands, where the water is blue as the sky, and fish still swim in schools rather than in solitude, there lies a different world. This world of colourful cities and fascinating fellows not only depends on the mercy of the sun and the sea, but the mercy of those who live above the surface of the water. Normally all citizens would car...