WEBVTT 00:00:06.600 --> 00:00:10.460 A lot of these octocorals and even hexacorals have polyps 00:00:10.460 --> 00:00:12.480 which are actually part of the organism. 00:00:12.490 --> 00:00:17.560 They are colonial, uh they are not individuals, they actually collaborate and they share resources 00:00:17.560 --> 00:00:22.610 like food particles that one part of the colony captures say up on the branches 00:00:22.610 --> 00:00:26.480 to down near the base through common tissue. 00:00:33.180 --> 00:00:37.140 It’s all about working together, working together to survive and thrive.