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When that coral passes through the parrotfish
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Chasing Coral

When that coral passesthrough the parrotfish, it comes out as sand

When that coral passes
through the parrotfish, it comes out as sand

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When that coral passes through the parrotfish,
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it comes out as sand.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:01
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.
So, in fact, every single beach, - Chasing Coral 00:07
So, in fact, every single beach,
[Vevers] Coral reefs are hugely important for the ocean, - Chasing Coral 00:07
[Vevers] Coral reefs are hugely important for the ocean,
And they say something like 25% of all marine life relies on coral reefs. - Chasing Coral 00:07
And they say something like 25% of all marine life relies on...
[Eakin] We've got half a billion to a billion people - Chasing Coral 00:09
[Eakin] We've got half a billion to a billion people
[Porter] Without that protein, they're going to be malnourished. - Chasing Coral 00:05
[Porter] Without that protein, they're going to be mal...
Their culture, their way of life, - Chasing Coral 00:08
Their culture, their way of life,
And many of the new drugs that are coming to help humans - Chasing Coral 00:08
And many of the new drugs that are coming to help humans
There's a drug called prostaglandin that comes from sea fans, - Chasing Coral 00:07
There's a drug called prostaglandin that comes from sea...
There's another one called bryostatin that comes from coral rhizomes, - Chasing Coral 00:08
There's another one called bryostatin that comes from c...
There are so many things that we don't know yet - Chasing Coral 00:10
There are so many things that we don't know yet
[Eakin] Coral reefs are producing a breakwater - Chasing Coral 00:08
[Eakin] Coral reefs are producing a breakwater
They're better than the ones that we can produce, - Chasing Coral 00:07
They're better than the ones that we can produce,
[Kleypas] The corals are the real basis of that ecosystem. - Chasing Coral 00:06
[Kleypas] The corals are the real basis of that ecosystem.
And you can't have a coral reef without the corals. - Chasing Coral 00:05
And you can't have a coral reef without the corals.
[Rago] So, we went back to the Bahamas - Chasing Coral 00:07
[Rago] So, we went back to the Bahamas
We're gonna keep our fingers crossed and hope we have plenty of footage. - Chasing Coral 00:05
We're gonna keep our fingers crossed and hope we have p...
In focus... and then the first one after that's out of focus. - Chasing Coral 00:06
In focus... and then the first one after that's out of ...
[Orlowski] I've never heard of manual focus changing over time. - Chasing Coral 00:05
[Orlowski] I've never heard of manual focus changing ov...
We put a lot of effort getting those cameras down, - Chasing Coral 00:06
We put a lot of effort getting those cameras down,
More so because we knew the clock was against us. - Chasing Coral 00:05
More so because we knew the clock was against us.