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Oh! This is a great example of a bamboo whip coral.

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This one is probably a few meters tall.

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Taller than D2.

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Bamboo coral comes in a number of different forms.

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You'll see it like this, as a long unbranched whip.

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Sometimes you see them in fan shapes.

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All these different shapes can be very useful.

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Having such a long whip-like body is very important in this environment

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because it allows this coral to move in the current in any direction.

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It gives it a lot of range of motion and also gets the polyps up off the seafloor.

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So all these different animals that filter-feed in the deep sea have

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come up with different solutions to the problem of how do we get food to our mouths.