Scientists say they have found the *world's largest coral "pulsing with life and colour" near the Pacific's Solomon Islands* .
The *coral is so immense* that researchers sailing the crystal waters of the Solomon archipelago initially thought they had stumbled across a hulking shipwreck.
Measuring 34 metres wide (111 feet) and 32 metres long (104 feet), *the "mega coral" was three times bigger than the previous record holder* -- a coral dubbed "Big Momma" in American Samoa.
The researchers said the *standalone structure had been growing for some 300 years* , and is distinct from a coral reef, which is made from many distinct coral colonies.
The *coral is so immense* that researchers sailing the crystal waters of the Solomon archipelago initially thought they had stumbled across a hulking shipwreck.
Measuring 34 metres wide (111 feet) and 32 metres long (104 feet), *the "mega coral" was three times bigger than the previous record holder* -- a coral dubbed "Big Momma" in American Samoa.
The researchers said the *standalone structure had been growing for some 300 years* , and is distinct from a coral reef, which is made from many distinct coral colonies.
Scientists say they have found the *world's largest coral "pulsing with life and colour" near the Pacific's Solomon Islands* .
🇸🇧 The *coral is so immense* that researchers sailing the crystal waters of the Solomon archipelago initially thought they had stumbled across a hulking shipwreck.
🐠 Measuring 34 metres wide (111 feet) and 32 metres long (104 feet), *the "mega coral" was three times bigger than the previous record holder* -- a coral dubbed "Big Momma" in American Samoa.
The researchers said the *standalone structure had been growing for some 300 years* , and is distinct from a coral reef, which is made from many distinct coral colonies.
