Corals look like plants, but they are animals—many animals each. Anemones can jump and hide? Learn this and much more in this video.

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CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 00:38 What kind of animals are corals? 01:18 Stinging cells! 01:33 Weird life stages of corals 02:13 A coral is many animals?! 02:29 Polyp = gooey tube? 03:04 How do corals eat? 03:52 Octacorallia 04:09 Underwater pens? 04:47 Scaredy pants sea panties 05:09 Blue corals aren’t blue? 05:31 Soft corals aren’t soft? 06:26 Hexacorallia 07:23 Anemones can jump… 07:42 …and hide! 08:11 Are black corals black? 08:30 The anemone-thing scientists argue about 09:03 Coral or anemone? Both?