He explained it to me this way. The reason why you are asked not to touch them on the coral reef is that if everyone touched them then the small bit of damage done by each touch would add up causing the coral.
The if you touch it it will die thing was explained to me in a way that kind of made sense to me by my cousin a diver in South Florida.

Why does coral die when you touch it. Telling someone that they might injure the coral by touching or handling isnt enough to discourage people from handling the coral.

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