The Animals of the Lagoons of New Caledonia
There are many animals in the lagoons and on land of the Lagoons of New Caledonia.
The marine animals are:
- Turtles
- Whales
- Dugongs
- Fishy's
- Coral
- The Pearly Nautilus Nautilus Pompilious
- Map Cowry Leporiccypraea Mappa
- Sea Stars
- Sea Shells
- And many more
The Lagoons of New Caledonia are surrounded by 1,600 km of coral reef.
It has 1,000 species of fish, 4,300 land-species, 6,500 species of marine invertebrates and 3,500 recorded plants.
It has many diving schools that dive in the lagoons and if the lagoons were destroyed there would be no animals and nobody would be able to dive there because of all the polution that would be in the water.