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Attenborough's Life in Colour

They begin to produce toxiccompounds which cause the corals to expel themfrom their...

They begin to produce toxic
compounds which cause the corals to expel them
from their tissues

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They begin to produce toxic compounds which cause
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the corals to expel them from their tissues.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:30
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 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
S01 • E01 So, we're looking for a hole with coral around it. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
So, we're looking for a hole with coral around it.
S01 • E02 Jorg is studying how this works. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:04
Jorg is studying how this works.
S01 • E02 This coral has lost its algal symbionts, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
This coral has lost its algal symbionts,
S01 • E01 As the shrimp turns, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
As the shrimp turns,
S01 • E02 The coral produces these pigments to protect the remaining algae - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
The coral produces these pigments to protect the remaining a...
S01 • E02 So they act as a sort of sunscreen for the symbiont algae. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:04
So they act as a sort of sunscreen for the symbiont algae.
S01 • E02 This coral sunscreen makes it more likely that the bleached coral - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:14
This coral sunscreen makes it more likely that the bleached ...
S01 • E01 ..we've been able to do this with this very special camera. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
..we've been able to do this with this very special cam...
S01 • E01 The light on the ocean floor is unpolarised. - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:05
The light on the ocean floor is unpolarised.
S01 • E01 So, in complete reverse to the fiddler crabs, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:10
So, in complete reverse to the fiddler crabs,
S01 • E02 But even this extraordinary adaptation is not enough - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:09
But even this extraordinary adaptation is not enough
S01 • E02 If corals have been exposed only to mild stress, - Attenborough's Life in Colour 00:06
If corals have been exposed only to mild stress,