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The small plants that live inside their tissues
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Chasing Coral

The small plantsthat live inside their tissues, their ability to photosynthesizeand feed...

The small plants
that live inside their tissues, their ability to photosynthesize
and feed the animal host is impaired

Full Transcript

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The small plants that live inside their tissues,
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their ability to photosynthesize and feed the animal host is impaired.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:07
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.
The animal essentially senses that: - Chasing Coral 00:15
The animal essentially senses that:
They try to get rid of those plants that are no longer functional... - Chasing Coral 00:05
They try to get rid of those plants that are no longer funct...
And leave behind the transparent, naked tissue. - Chasing Coral 00:06
And leave behind the transparent, naked tissue.
They've lost the very most important food source that they have. - Chasing Coral 00:06
They've lost the very most important food source that t...
[Vevers] When the coral bleaches, - Chasing Coral 00:06
[Vevers] When the coral bleaches,
[Gates] If it's a very clean white look about the coral... - Chasing Coral 00:06
[Gates] If it's a very clean white look about the cora...
It will generally not grow. It will generally not reproduce. - Chasing Coral 00:06
It will generally not grow. It will generally not reproduce.
You'll see these fuzzy microalgae. - Chasing Coral 00:05
You'll see these fuzzy microalgae.
The whole surface suddenly become much, much fuzzier to look at. - Chasing Coral 00:07
The whole surface suddenly become much, much fuzzier to look...
[people chattering] - Chasing Coral 00:07
[people chattering]
Coral bleaching is very difficult to communicate. - Chasing Coral 00:06
Coral bleaching is very difficult to communicate.
So, we need to communicate it in a different way. - Chasing Coral 00:05
So, we need to communicate it in a different way.
I was flying on a plane, and I watched a film, Chasing Ice . - Chasing Coral 00:07
I was flying on a plane, and I watched a film, Chasing Ice ...
That film was about the documentation of the disappearing glaciers. - Chasing Coral 00:05
That film was about the documentation of the disappearing gl...
And it suddenly dawned on me that we had almost identical projects. - Chasing Coral 00:07
And it suddenly dawned on me that we had almost identical pr...
So, pretty much as soon as I got off that plane, - Chasing Coral 00:07
So, pretty much as soon as I got off that plane,
The cameras are shooting every hour, - Chasing Coral 00:06
The cameras are shooting every hour,
Richard sent an e-mail, out of the blue, and he attached two photographs, - Chasing Coral 00:09
Richard sent an e-mail, out of the blue, and he attached two...
And when I saw those photos, the light bulb immediately went on. - Chasing Coral 00:05
And when I saw those photos, the light bulb immediately went...
It's like, if you can document that change, - Chasing Coral 00:07
It's like, if you can document that change,