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Baby corals go house-hunting, gaining swimming skills as they grow

Coral reefs are beautiful and important, both for humans and for marine biodiversity. Corals are living creatures, although they appear to remain fixed in one place, catching small crustaceans and other tasty morsels that drift past.

Baby corals go house-hunting, gaining swimming skills as they grow
Image: Phys.org
Coral reefs are beautiful and important, both for humans and for marine biodiversity. Corals are living creatures, although they appear to remain fixed in one place, catching small crustaceans and other tasty morsels that drift past.

Originally published at Phys.org

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