Slow Life from Daniel Stoupin on Vimeo.
This video consists of 150,000 shots of corals and sponges, compressed into less than four minutes. A lot of the motion is intended for desedimentation, shaking off detritus like sand and fish excrement that threaten to bury them. At normal speed, it might take weeks for some of these changes to be obvious, but in the video the creatures judder alarmingly or throw tentacles at your face. Read more at http://grist.org/list/sped-up-video-of-ocean-creatures-is-kind-of-terrifying/