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Suddenly, they hear a loud BOOM! They see a mess of bubbles, broken coral, and dead fish floating to the surface.
Terrified, Datiz hops on Splash’s back, and they swim as fast as they can towards Datiz’s boat. There, they see a fisherman from Datiz’s village throwing fish bombs into the water.
Datiz had never seen blast fishing from underwater. He is horrified to see that it is destroying the coral reefs. Splash says, “I’m worried I won’t see you next year. I saw this happen on another island, and now we whale sharks can’t stop there, because there are no more coral reefs and plankton for us to eat.”
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