Name: Coral Reefs
Released: 2018-01-29
Cast: David Attenborough

1) in.

The big males barge their way in.
2) for.

It's an act the groupers seem prepared to die for.
3) blenny

This is home to blennies
4) cuttlefish

The cuttlefish, however, has a remarkable talent.
5) vastness

Next time, we head into the vastness of the open ocean.
6) polyp

Living inside the tissues of each polyp,
7) crevice

when you're too big to squeeze into crevice?
8) inhabitant

created by fish, shrimps, and other inhabitant of the reef.
9) bream

Little bream return to foraging.
10) anemone

Corals are colonies of anemone-like animals,
11) grouper

a coral grouper lives by hunting for small fish.
12) plankton

become so flooded with plankton,
13) biologist

The team's advisor is biologist, Yvonne Sadovy who's been
14) barge

The big males barge their way in.
15) octopus

and tries to attract the octopus's attention.
16) carbonate

The polyps also extract calcium carbonate from the sea water,
17) penthouse

from penthouse suites,
18) spawn

And it's not just the corals that spawn,

1) fertilize

And he fertilize them.
2) lurk

lurk here deep inside the reef,
3) cram

Undersea cities cram full of life.
4) descend

And some seem to be descend in a way
5) specialise

It specialise in hunting crabs.
6) bleach

coral, bleach in this way,
7) spawn

Maybe they spawn last night.
8) tuck

And the shell is tuck in.
9) sneak

And then, she sneak back in.
10) sweep

the anemone is swept by tidal currents,
11) sustain

If the high temperatures are sustain,
12) reproduce

because of the way the corals reproduce themselves.
13) predict

Some scientists predict that by the end of the century,
14) patrol

patrol the reef edge.
15) attract

that it attract hundreds of ocean giants.
16) pursue

The males pursue them, simultaneously releasing their sperm.
17) gather

Thousands of other groupers have gather on the seabed below.
18) survive

As long as some reefs survive,

1) in.

And then, she sneaks back in.
2) meticulously

Now he will meticulously tend the eggs,
3) infinitely

infinitely variant structures,
4) underwater

With only six divers, the team can't stay underwater all the time.
5) nowhere

there is nowhere to hide.
6) wherever

Activity in coral reefs, wherever they are, never ceases.
7) virtually

some of the reefs here, are still virtually pristine.
8) ultimately

Well, that ultimately depends on how fast they heat up,
9) besides

Besides, it has a mind of its own.
10) apparently

And that apparently hypnotises the crab.
11) possibly

Possibly millennia.
12) normally

as the groupers normally spawn just once a year,
13) truly

In the Bahamas, the rush of the water creates a truly strange phenomenon.
14) exactly

exactly when they'll spawn.
15) generally

removing debris and generally keeping on top of the housework.
16) perhaps

Perhaps, this will do.
17) sometimes

Sometimes, the octopus gets the reward,
18) finally

We're finally here.

1) diminutive

The diminutive male has to prove his worth,
2) carnivorous

a giant carnivorous worm
3) undersea

undersea cities,
4) bustling

from the bustling crowds of reef city,
5) nocturnal

Nocturnal predators, such as this lion fish,
6) bleak

to bleak ruins.
7) tranquil

Life on the sheltered side of the reef is tranquil and peaceful.
8) sheltered

Life on the sheltered side of the reef is tranquil and peaceful.
9) microscopic

These currents bring in fresh supplies of microscopic food to the reef
10) pristine

This is what a pristine reef should look like.
11) edible

by using their tentacles to grab edible particles drifting by.
12) tidal

the anemone is swept by tidal currents,
13) devastating

with some devastating news for their crew.
14) fierce

there is fierce rivalry for space,
15) crowded

As in any crowded metropolis,
16) variant

infinitely variant structures,
17) vacant

ready to settle on a vacant site,
18) shallow

in the warm, clear, shallow seas of the Tropics.

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