[Coral-List] watch corals move mucus

[Alina Szmant]

There are papers back many decades ago that showed this by using particles of India ink and dyes observed under a microscope. I haven't read this Science article to see if the authors referenced the original work. The fluorescent beads do produce a beautiful video but not sure it adds any new understanding to how these animals feed. If others are interested in the earlier papers I can look them up when I recover from my recent surgery.



Dr. Alina M. Szmant,  CEO
CISME Instruments LLC



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From: Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Date: 5/14/22 7:00 AM (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: [Coral-List] watch corals move mucus

Watch corals 'eat' using conveyor belts made of mucus

https://www.science.org/content/article/watch-coral-reefs-eat-using-conveyer-belts-made-mucus

Surface flow for colonial integration in reef-building corals

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)00672-8
Cheers, Doug

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Animal melting pot created by climate change could lead to new disease
outbreaks.
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UN: World on fast track to disaster, but we can avert it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xBVD8r0aHQ

Are we wasting money on shiny objects and high tech that does not yet work,
instead of proven low-tech to stop global warming?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00560-2
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