Animals with ultraviolet color patterns can be found all over nature. Here’s what we know about what purpose these patterns serve.

If their host is a coral or sponge, they tend toward vibrant ... We couldn't do a gallery of pink animals and not include the most famous pink creature of all. For our final blushing beauties ...

When you think of pink animals your mind probably goes right ... 1969 when a marine biologist stumbled across it while studying coral. It only grows to a maximum length of .94 inches.

But "colorful bleaching" has the opposite effect: the dying corals gain more pigment, and glow in shades of bright pink, purple and orange. Coral animals symbiotically coexist with tiny algae ...

With coral-hued built-in armor ... This armor is the pink fairy armadillo’s main defense against predation — when threatened, the animal will dig fast enough to burrow itself in seconds ...

SO I’M LOOKING TO SEE IF HE HAS PINK MUCOUS MEMBRANES ... THE THING THAT SURPRISES PEOPLE THE MOST IS THAT CORAL’S ACTUALLY AN ANIMAL. IT’S ESSENTIAL TO THE BENTHIC HABITAT AND THE ECOSYSTEM ...