“So it’s a little hotter. So what!?”

Cairns, Australia- The Great Barrier Reef is considered one of the most beautiful living objects in the world. As global warming threatens the planet, many suspected the Reef had no chance of survival. As the Reef said:

Yeah I know I was the underdog going into this. But let’s not forget it is you humans who keep beating me with your boats to send millions of tourists to mess around on me. As if that wasn’t hard enough, jerks.

The truth does hurt. Australian scientists have discovered that the Reef has heat sustaining algae which helps it deal with the increase in temperature. Madeleine van Oppen, marine scientist, had this to say:

This work shatters the popular view that only a small percentage of corals have the potential to respond to warmer conditions by shuffling live-in algal partners. Simply, when conditions warm the more heat-tolerant algae provide back-up, become more abundant. Some algal types impart greater resistance to environmental extremes.

To which the Reef responded:

Blah blah blah. This algae business you discovered is the equivalent to wearing a t-shirt instead of a sweater. I don’t marvel at you for doing that.

Who knew the Reef was a dick?

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