Caden spent the past several weeks rehearsing for his first stage performance: Coral Carbon Blues, a musical about climate change and other human impacts on coral reef ecosystems. The performance was on Sunday. Dada was at a conference, but Mama recorded the show so that Dada could watch it later. Here is a short clip. Caden is a damselfish. The damselfish run across the stage to try to eat the algae and are scared away by the potato cod, highlighting the importance of non-consumptive effects (e.g., fear) for coral reef functioning. The song goes:
Rain forest of the sea,
Medicine chest of life,
My coral reef
Ain't it nice?
Paradise.
