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Corals use human-like hormones to time mass spawning events

Corals use hormone cycles similar to those found in humans to regulate reproduction, with sunlight playing a bigger role than temperature. Once a year, on a cue that scientists still don’t fully understand, corals across a reef release their eggs and sperm simultaneously into the sea. It’s one of nature’s more remarkable spectacles. But the spawning itself is just the finale. What happe... [4890 chars]

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