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Brain coral are part of the phylum Cnidaria, in a class called Anthozoa or "flower animals". During the day, brain coral use their tentacles for protection by wrapping them over the grooves on their surface. At night, they extend their tentacles to catch food. #TimelapseTuesday ⏳ | Science Channel

Watch this scientist tent a grooved brain coral during the FIRST EVER observed spawning in Florida! Most grooved brain coral living on Florida's Coral Reef are spaced too far apart for their gametes to meet naturally. This process captured hundreds of coral gametes, which we then mixed with gametes from a different parent coral, making fertilization more likely! After mixing, about half of the collection was released back into the wild while the rest were taken to University of Miami's Rosenstie

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🪸 Coral baby boom alert! Thousands of new boulder and symmetrical brain corals are growing right here at our Coral Conservation and Research Center. Another 150,000 coral larvae were sent to our collaborators in the Florida Re5 Hub. With support from Florida Department of Environmental Protection, these corals will help restore Florida’s Coral Reef for generations to come. 🌊💙 | The Florida Aquarium