Hello, my friends, and welcome to episode 125 of Just the Zoo of Us.

On this week's episode, I got to hang out with marine biologist Rosie Steinberg to talk about beautiful animals that you might not have even known more animals, carnation corals.

We talked about the living ship of Theseus, what a coral smells like, intense turf wars being fought in super slow motion, and a lot more.

So get ready to learn everything you've ever wanted to know about life as a hive mind of squishy clones.

Just the Zoo of Us presents carnation corals with Rosie Steinberg.

Music Corals with Rosie Steinberg. Hey there, everybody. This is Ellen Weatherford, and I'm here again with Just the Zoo of Us. This is your favorite

animal review podcast. This week, I'm really excited for the friend I'm bringing to you today.

This is marine biologist Rosie Steinberg. Say hi, Rosie. Hello. I'm so excited to talk to you because

we are talking about a very cool animal that I think

a lot of times people either don't realize or don't remember is an animal in the first place.

This is our first time on the show talking about corals, which I realize is a significant overstep.

We definitely should not have waited this long to talk about corals.

But here we are. We're making up for lost time. And specifically we're talking about carn about corals. But here we are. We're making up for

lost time. And specifically, we're talking about carnation corals. But before we get into corals,

let's talk about Rosie a little bit. Rosie, can you tell our friends listening what your

journey into marine biology has looked like? Yeah. So I'm just finishing up my PhD at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

But if you can tell by my accent, I'm not Australian. I actually grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico,

really far away from the ocean. I was going to say, that is not, uh, that's not exactly growing up on the beach,

is it? It is not. But my dad is an avid fish tank keeper. So he has over

a thousand gallons of salt water and corals in his basement. Oh, he brought the whole ocean to him,

huh? It's literally, it's the same size as the Albuquerque Aquarium. Wow. But yeah, he got me interested in

corals and interested in marine animals in the first place.

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