I just answered this question from a different person but I like helping with science. This is from the water's breeze or air currents. This makes the climate mild while the inland is more extreme because it does not have the breeze. Hopefully this helps :D
This is possible because of the length of the protein. It is always possible to add more amino acids and synthesize new protein and every new addition increases the number of possibilities drastically.
Life is defined as the following, the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.