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Chasing Coral

Let's just be really sophisticatedin a quiet way." A coral individual is really made up of...

Let's just be really sophisticated
in a quiet way." A coral individual is really made up of thousands of small structures
called polyps

Full Transcript

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Let's just be really sophisticated in a quiet way."
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A coral individual is really made up
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of thousands of small structures called polyps.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:12:18
Uploaded
Oct 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Sustainable Films,Exposure Labs,Argent Pictures,Code Blue Foundation,EarthSense Foundation,Kendeda Fund, The

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Movie Summary

Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.
Each polyp is a circular mouth... - Chasing Coral 00:06
Each polyp is a circular mouth...
And they can combine to be millions of them - Chasing Coral 00:07
And they can combine to be millions of them
They have, inside their tissues, small plants, - Chasing Coral 00:08
They have, inside their tissues, small plants,
The plants that live inside them photosynthesize, - Chasing Coral 00:08
The plants that live inside them photosynthesize,
They essentially have food factories living inside of themselves. - Chasing Coral 00:05
They essentially have food factories living inside of themse...
So, as the animal grows, - Chasing Coral 00:11
So, as the animal grows,
The plant's really essentially asleep and the animal comes active. - Chasing Coral 00:05
The plant's really essentially asleep and the animal co...
And now anything that swims by is caught - Chasing Coral 00:09
And now anything that swims by is caught
There are many different species of corals, - Chasing Coral 00:10
There are many different species of corals,
Some are very boring to look at. They look like big rocks on the bottom. - Chasing Coral 00:06
Some are very boring to look at. They look like big rocks on...
They have huge, huge branching patterns, or massive plates. - Chasing Coral 00:07
They have huge, huge branching patterns, or massive plates.
A consortium of organisms that cooperate together... - Chasing Coral 00:06
A consortium of organisms that cooperate together...
That now manifests in this massive structure - Chasing Coral 00:07
That now manifests in this massive structure
[Vevers] There's a famous reef in American Samoa called Airport Reef. - Chasing Coral 00:06
[Vevers] There's a famous reef in American Samoa calle...
We heard that there was an area where the corals were turning white. - Chasing Coral 00:07
We heard that there was an area where the corals were turnin...
Because we'd been there previously to do a survey... - Chasing Coral 00:05
Because we'd been there previously to do a survey...
To be honest, I didn't have the knowledge to know how to process it. - Chasing Coral 00:06
To be honest, I didn't have the knowledge to know how t...
[Hoegh-Guldberg] When Richard saw that white coral, - Chasing Coral 00:06
[Hoegh-Guldberg] When Richard saw that white coral,
I think I admitted to him that I thought this was far more deadly - Chasing Coral 00:08
I think I admitted to him that I thought this was far more d...
And so, what we've seen since the early 1980s - Chasing Coral 00:11
And so, what we've seen since the early 1980s