Photographs taken by Israeli researchers in March show that corals in the Gulf of Aqaba are capable of devouring much larger food than previously thought, including medusae (jellyfish). Scientists had long thought that corals subsist solely from single cell algae (Zooxanthella) and tiny plankton sized 0.2 to 0.4 mm.
The photographs have aroused great scientific interest and have been featured, among other places, in National Geographic and Scientific American magazines, as well as the BBC, Discovery Channel and hundreds of news websites.