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The key is the relationship between coral
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Attenborough's Life in Colour

The key is the relationshipbetween coral and the microscopic algaethat live in their...

The key is the relationship
between coral and the microscopic algae
that live in their tissues

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The key is the relationship between coral
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and the microscopic algae that live in their tissues.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:26
Uploaded
May 12, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Humble Bee Films,SeaLight Pictures

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Movie Summary

Exploring the many ways animals use colour throughout their lives.
S01 • E01 But there was one even bigger challenge for the camera... - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:04
But there was one even bigger challenge for the camera...
S01 • E02 These algal partners are called symbionts. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
These algal partners are called symbionts.
S01 • E01 Underwater, only crustaceans, cephalopods and a few fish - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:10
Underwater, only crustaceans, cephalopods and a few fish
S01 • E02 The algae, when they photosynthesise during the daylight hours, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:13
The algae, when they photosynthesise during the daylight hou...
S01 • E01 But there is one animal here that exploits this ability - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
But there is one animal here that exploits this ability
S01 • E01 It's not only able to detect polarisation, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:15
It's not only able to detect polarisation,
S01 • E02 This partnership was established during the time of the dinosaurs - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:12
This partnership was established during the time of the dino...
S01 • E01 Professor Justin Marshall of Queensland University - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:08
Professor Justin Marshall of Queensland University
S01 • E02 But warming seas are disrupting this system. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
But warming seas are disrupting this system.
S01 • E02 So, when the seawater temperatures rise above a critical threshold, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:11
So, when the seawater temperatures rise above a critical thr...
S01 • E01 Rory McGuiness, the team's underwater cameraman, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:07
Rory McGuiness, the team's underwater cameraman,
S01 • E02 They begin to produce toxic compounds which cause - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:07
They begin to produce toxic compounds which cause
S01 • E01 So, you've obviously done a lot of work to get this - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
So, you've obviously done a lot of work to get this
S01 • E02 Sometimes the bleached corals die, and then the entire ecosystem, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:10
Sometimes the bleached corals die, and then the entire ecosy...
S01 • E01 Taking the camera for its first test underwater was a tense moment. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
Taking the camera for its first test underwater was a tense ...
S01 • E01 Computers and salt water don't usually mix well. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
Computers and salt water don't usually mix well.
S01 • E02 Almost half of the corals in the Great Barrier Reef - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
Almost half of the corals in the Great Barrier Reef
S01 • E01 Having found a suitable spot, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
Having found a suitable spot,
S01 • E02 But in the last decade, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:10
But in the last decade,
S01 • E02 We're just beginning to realise - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
We're just beginning to realise