Algae, with Ruth Kassinger
Instant Genius
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Coral Reefs Under Water
All coral riefs that we know and love for their beauty, are all dependent on a particular kind of algy called zozantheli. Each choral is like a little anemone that grows in in congregations. And inside each polyp are symbiotic algie. These creatures captures sunlight, turns it into sugars and feeds it to the little animal that is a polyp,. which creates ano, altogether creates a coral. So if you're looking at beautiful corals under water, that's because most often the she er helpbing to cover tebi thank you for listening to this episode of instant genius.
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