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Can you keep a coral’s pump primed? Yes \u2014 for a few hours, with a motor

Can you keep a coral’s pump primed? Yes \u2014 for a few hours, with a motor

Aug 7, 2026 | Climate

The new piece of coral biology, as a Quanta Magazine piece on Pacherres and Kühl’s May 2026 Science paper lays it out, is that the polyps are not passive. Across the surface of every polyp, cilia beat in coordinated hexagonal patches to spin up tiny vortices...

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