Coral facts: the base of the oceans' reef systems | Animal Fact Files

On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover an animal that makes an ecosystem. You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/animalfactfiles/ --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license*, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. duckandcover - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKbF8uGDX2E Scott From Rosco's Reef - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clxGQNVK_js; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5NdUp9oU1g ReefDudes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPSuPVN0L5c ScienceAtNASA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6kKSg052c0 ANU TV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFev-vWo7U Australian Institute of Marine Science - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j35mHTksN9E Hantu Blog - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLCL60M62w8 NOAA Sanctuaries - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09zqo1KtRxU Lucifer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4twrzpe4_Q thelegendofNeshka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9meYRqO0Ndk Oregon State University - https://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/3551766692; https://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/3550953667 Nazir Amin - https://www.flickr.com/photos/26273376@N00/429190068 Neville Wootton - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nevillewootton/9361551517 Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pauljill/2414288490/ James St. John - https://www.flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/15905230729 Bernard DUPONT - https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/8455465599/ Narissa Spies - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coral_polyp_L.purpurea_2.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coral_polyp_3.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porites_coral_polyps.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coral_polyps_budding.JPG; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polyp_zoox_4.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leptastrea_purpurea_coral_polyp.jpg Vardhan Patankar - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crown-of-thorns_sea_star_(Acanthaster_planci)_feasting_on_Acropora_coral_polyp_in_the_Andaman_Islands.jpg Nick Hobgood - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colpophyllia_natans#/media/File:Colpophyllia_natans_(Boulder_Brain_Coral)_entire_colony.jpg Adona9 at the English Wikipedia - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Staghorn-coral-1.jpg Hectonichus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Subergorgiidae_-_Subergorgia_mollis.jpg Parent Gery - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcyonacea#/media/File:Paramuricea_clavata_(Risso,_1826)_5.jpg Mullen A, Treibitz T, Roberts P, Kelly E, Horwitz R, Smith J, Jaffe J - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Underwater-microscopy-for-in-situ-studies-of-benthic-ecosystems-ncomms12093-s2.ogv Websites used for research collection: https://www.livingoceansfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/U3-Coral-Anatomy-Background.pdf https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/corals/coral01_intro.html - and subsequent pages http://krupp.wcc.hawaii.edu/BIOL200/powerpnt/pdffiles/coralanatomy.pdf http://www.coexploration.org/bbsr/coral/html/body_life_cycle_story.html https://www.livingoceansfoundation.org/education/portal/course/life-cycle/#coral-life-cycle http://www.coexploration.org/bbsr/coral/html/body_basic_coral_biology.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/group/corals/ https://coral.org/coral-reefs-101/coral-reef-ecology/how-corals-reproduce/ https://www.coris.noaa.gov/about/what_are/ http://marinebio.org/oceans/coral-reefs/ https://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Coral https://www.britannica.com/animal/coral https://www.encyclopedia.com/plants-and-animals/animals/zoology-invertebrates/coral http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-03/montebello-islands-corals-affected-by-rising-sea-temperatures/9788314 https://www.quantamagazine.org/cores-from-coral-reefs-hold-secrets-of-the-seas-past-and-future-20180529/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/survival/coral/predators.html http://ocean.si.edu/corals-and-coral-reefs https://coral.org/coral-reefs-101/coral-reef-ecology/soft-corals/ http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-photos/what-coral-coral-polyp-and-zooxanthellae https://theconversation.com/revealed-why-some-corals-are-more-colourful-than-others-36866 https://www.liveaquaria.com/general/general.cfm?general_pagesid=274 http://animal-world.com/Aquarium-Coral-Reefs/Soft-Coral-Facts-and-Information http://animals.mom.me/corals-bright-colors-10948.html https://cnso.nova.edu/ncri/sofla_octocoral_guide/index.html https://www.nature.com/news/2009/090323/full/news.2009.185.html https://oceantoday.noaa.gov/coralspawning/ http://www2.padi.com/blog/2017/08/30/what-is-a-coral/ *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original Transcript: alugha Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/AnimalFactFiles

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