On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover an animal that makes an ecosystem. You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/animalfactfiles/ --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license*, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. duckandcover - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKbF8uGDX2E Scott From Rosco's Reef - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clxGQNVK_js https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5NdUp9oU1g ReefDudes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPSuPVN0L5c ScienceAtNASA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6kKSg052c0 ANU TV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFev-vWo7U Australian Institute of Marine Science - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j35mHTksN9E Hantu Blog - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLCL60M62w8 NOAA Sanctuaries - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09zqo1KtRxU Lucifer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4twrzpe4_Q thelegendofNeshka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9meYRqO0Ndk Oregon State University - https://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/3551766692; https://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/3550953667 Nazir Amin - https://www.flickr.com/photos/26273376@N00/429190068 Neville Wootton - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nevillewootton/9361551517 Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pauljill/2414288490/ James St. John - https://www.flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/15905230729 Bernard DUPONT - https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/8455465599/ Narissa Spies - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coral_polyp_L.purpurea_2.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coral_polyp_3.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porites_coral_polyps.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coral_polyps_budding.JPG; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polyp_zoox_4.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leptastrea_purpurea_coral_polyp.jpg Vardhan Patankar - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crown-of-thorns_sea_star_(Acanthaster_planci)_feasting_on_Acropora_coral_polyp_in_the_Andaman_Islands.jpg Nick Hobgood - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colpophyllia_natans#/media/File:Colpophyllia_natans_(Boulder_Brain_Coral)_entire_colony.jpg Adona9 at the English Wikipedia - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Staghorn-coral-1.jpg Hectonichus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Subergorgiidae_-_Subergorgia_mollis.jpg Parent Gery - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcyonacea#/media/File:Paramuricea_clavata_(Risso,_1826)_5.jpg Mullen A, Treibitz T, Roberts P, Kelly E, Horwitz R, Smith J, Jaffe J - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Underwater-microscopy-for-in-situ-studies-of-benthic-ecosystems-ncomms12093-s2.ogv Websites used for research collection: https://www.livingoceansfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/U3-Coral-Anatomy-Background.pdf https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/corals/coral01_intro.html - and subsequent pages http://krupp.wcc.hawaii.edu/BIOL200/powerpnt/pdffiles/coralanatomy.pdf http://www.coexploration.org/bbsr/coral/html/body_life_cycle_story.html https://www.livingoceansfoundation.org/education/portal/course/life-cycle/#coral-life-cycle http://www.coexploration.org/bbsr/coral/html/body_basic_coral_biology.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/group/corals/ https://coral.org/coral-reefs-101/coral-reef-ecology/how-corals-reproduce/ https://www.coris.noaa.gov/about/what_are/ http://marinebio.org/oceans/coral-reefs/ https://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Coral https://www.britannica.com/animal/coral https://www.encyclopedia.com/plants-and-animals/animals/zoology-invertebrates/coral http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-03/montebello-islands-corals-affected-by-rising-sea-temperatures/9788314 https://www.quantamagazine.org/cores-from-coral-reefs-hold-secrets-of-the-seas-past-and-future-20180529/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/survival/coral/predators.html http://ocean.si.edu/corals-and-coral-reefs https://coral.org/coral-reefs-101/coral-reef-ecology/soft-corals/ http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-photos/what-coral-coral-polyp-and-zooxanthellae https://theconversation.com/revealed-why-some-corals-are-more-colourful-than-others-36866 https://www.liveaquaria.com/general/general.cfm?general_pagesid=274 http://animal-world.com/Aquarium-Coral-Reefs/Soft-Coral-Facts-and-Information http://animals.mom.me/corals-bright-colors-10948.html https://cnso.nova.edu/ncri/sofla_octocoral_guide/index.html https://www.nature.com/news/2009/090323/full/news.2009.185.html https://oceantoday.noaa.gov/coralspawning/ http://www2.padi.com/blog/2017/08/30/what-is-a-coral/ *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original

On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover how we don't know how to read! If you're looking for the Blue Bottle episode (Portuguese Man of War), click here: https://youtu.be/r5bKGuRZPqE You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license*, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Flickr: NOAA Ocean Exploration & Research - https://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanexplorergov/2959719510 mariko - https://www.flickr.com/photos/marik0/3855148698; https://www.flickr.com/photos/marik0/3855147396; https://www.flickr.com/photos/marik0/3854359889; https://www.flickr.com/photos/marik0/3854358037 Biodiversity Heritage Library - https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6992669900 Blake Patterson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6992669900; https://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/2825056602 James St. John - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/45401739384 Credits via Wiki Users: Adityamadhav83 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Porpita_porpita)_Blue_button_at_Thotlakonda_Beach_01.JPG; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Porpita_porpita)_Blue_button_at_Thotlakonda_Beach_09.JPG; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Porpita_porpita)_Blue_button_in_Bay_of_Bengal_03.JPG; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Porpita_porpita)_Blue_button_at_Thotlakonda_Beach_02.JPG; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Porpita_porpita)_Blue_button_at_Thotlakonda_Beach_07.JPG; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Porpita_porpita)_Blue_button_in_Bay_of_Bengal_04.JPG; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Porpita_porpita)_Blue_button_at_Thotlakonda_Beach_06.JPG; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Porpita_porpita)_Blue_button_at_Thotlakonda_Beach_03.JPG; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Porpita_porpita)_Blue_button_at_Thotlakonda_Beach_03.JPG; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Porpita_porpita)_Blue_button_at_Thotlakonda_Beach_10.JPG Mike Young - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porpita_pacifica.jpg Tanay PrabhuDesai - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porpita_porpita#/media/File:(Porpita_porpita)_Blue_button,_found_on_Uttorda_Beach,_Goa,_India.jpg Jens Buurgaard Nielsen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_bottle_fly#/media/File:Calliphora_(Blow-fly).jpg Fir0002 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Closeup_blue_ant.jpg Ursula Gysin - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Button.jpg Other attributions: akemov - https://freesound.org/people/akemov/sounds/255597/ Websites used for research collection: http://eol.org/pages/1015954/overview http://life-sea.blogspot.com/2011/07/life-of-blue-button-jellyfish.html https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/59683-Porpita-porpita http://gcrl.usm.edu/fisheries_center/docs/brochure.sea.jellies.MS.sound.pdf http://www.sealifebase.org/summary/Porpita-porpita.html http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/02sab/logs/aug15/media/porpida_post.html http://www.pnj.com/story/news/local/pensacola/beaches/2015/04/02/thousands-stinging-blue-buttons-wash-ashore/70851916/ http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/20170725/fish-tales-blue-button-jellyfish-washing-up-beaches-east-of-destin-fwb-photos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnidocyte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrozoa https://www.britannica.com/science/nematocyst http://jellieszone.com/nematocysts/ *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original