<p>http://youtu.be/9pdmkckANH4 It's just a pile of sand--no wait, is that a tentacle wriggling in the corner? These time-lapse videos taken by researchers at the University of Queensland show that <a href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/f70h03x4x013875h/" title="">mushroom corals unearth themselves by slowly inflating and then deflating over 10 to 20 hours</a>. See a second coral attempt the same after the jump.  http://youtu.be/Pu0d101sMIk</p><div class="vert-display-toggle collapsible relative flex flex-col items-center "><div class="vert-unit mt-4 mb-3 top-20"><div ad-type="mobile-desktop" class="ad-wrapper vert min-h-boombox flex items-start justify-center" data-ad-mapping="inline" data-ad-slot="Discover/inline-ad" id="div-inline-ad-0"></div></div><span aria-label="Advertisement" class="text-ad mt-1 text-[11px] uppercase">Advertisement</span></div>

Discover how mushroom corals unearth themselves in time-lapse videos by researchers at the University of Queensland.

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http://youtu.be/9pdmkckANH4 It's just a pile of sand--no wait, is that a tentacle wriggling in the corner? These time-lapse videos taken by researchers at the University of Queensland show that mushroom corals unearth themselves by slowly inflating and then deflating over 10 to 20 hours. See a second coral attempt the same after the jump.  http://youtu.be/Pu0d101sMIk

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