This Macro Time-lapse Video by Daniel Stoupin is a Must See. Watching It Almost Hypnotized Me. Spectacular!

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.”

Corrals1

We may know how corrals look and how they are important to the environment, but how they simply live every day is concealed.

Corrals5

The brightness of the day exhibits the attractive colors of most corrals.

Corrals3

And when darkness comes, their polyps open up like flowers which turn into fierce predators.

Corrals

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.”

Corrals4

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.”

Corrals2

Watch the video below to fully understand what these organisms, living thousands of meters below seawater, are doing with their daily lives.

Leave a Comment