Living in a fast-paced world, we often fail to appreciate creatures
that move at a speed different with ours. There are organisms that move
too slowly for us to notice what they actually do.
Daniel Stoupin, a PhD student at the University of Queensland in
Australia, has created a must-see video that will make you realize how
little most of us understand the many different forms of life we have
here on Earth. The ‘”Slow Life” time lapsed video includes thousands of
close-up photographs of beautiful corals which reveals the beauty of
microscopic reef landscapes that is so spectacular.
According to Daniel, “Our brains are wired to comprehend and follow
fast and dynamic events better, especially those very few that happen at
speeds comparable to ours. In a world of blazingly fast predators and
escaping prey events where it takes minutes, hours, or days to notice
any changes are harder to grasp.”
We may know how corrals look and how they are important to the environment, but how they simply live every day is concealed.
The brightness of the day exhibits the attractive colors of most corrals.
And when darkness comes, their polyps open up like flowers which turn into fierce predators.
Coral colonies sometimes engage themselves into violent battles for
their food. “The winner is usually the species who digests faster or can
resist digestive enzymes of the attackers better.”
And one of their daily activities is getting rid of any stuff that
falls on them. “All sorts of sediments such as sand, silt, and fish poop
block sunlight and constantly bury them.”
Watch the video below to fully understand what these organisms,
living thousands of meters below seawater, are doing with their daily
lives.
