Grows Quote by James Dwight Dana
“The coral zoophyte may be leveled by transported masses swept over by the waters; yet like the trodden sod, it sprouts again, and continues to grow and flourish as before.”
“The coral zoophyte may be leveled by transported masses swept over by the waters; yet like the trodden sod, it sprouts again, and continues to grow and flourish as before.”
![“Are coral reefs growing from the depths of the oceans? ... [The] reply is a simple negative; and a single fact establishes its truth. The reef-forming coral zoophytes, as has been shown, cannot grow at greater depths than 100 or 120 feet; and therefore in seas deeper than this, the formation or…” quote by James Dwight Dana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0db/james-dwight-dana-34629_bottom_are-coral-reefs-growing-from-the-depths_1275581.jpg)
