How scaring starfish could help to save the Great Barrier Reef
How scaring starfish could help to save the Great Barrier Reef
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The crown-of-thorns #starfish is a major cause of coral loss on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Thankfully, the Giant Triton #snails have a great appetite for these nature vandalists 🐌 | Love Nature
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The crown-of-thorns #starfish is a major cause of coral loss on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. Thankfully, the Giant Triton #snails have a great appetite for these nature vandalists 🐌 | Love Nature
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This is what a coral looks like when it has been half eaten by a Crown of Thorns Starfish. 😱 If coral polyps had nightmares, the Crown Of Thorns Starfish (COTs) would be it. It’s clear how they get their name, with up to 21 arms, hundreds of toxin-tipped thorns, they come from the darkness (usually nocturnal) and will digest corals on the spot, once the coral turns white and has no more to give they will move on to the next coral and so on and so on…. These large starfish normally live within t
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This is what a coral looks like when it has been half eaten by a Crown of Thorns Starfish. 😱 If coral polyps had nightmares, the Crown Of Thorns Starfish (COTs) would be it. It’s clear how they get their name, with up to 21 arms, hundreds of toxin-tipped thorns, they come from the darkness (usually nocturnal) and will digest corals on the spot, once the coral turns white and has no more to give they will move on to the next coral and so on and so on…. These large starfish normally live within t
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We often hear about crown-of-thorns starfish as a threat to coral. But who keeps their populations in check? Meet the Giant Triton. 🐌 This powerful sea snail can track and chase starfish 🍽️ Once caught, smaller prey can be swallowed whole 🌍 Their appetite for crown-of-thorns helps control outbreaks But outside Australia, they face threats from legal trade that puts their survival at risk. Without predators like the Giant Triton, coral-eating starfish would spread unchecked, leaving the Reef e
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We often hear about crown-of-thorns starfish as a threat to coral. But who keeps their populations in check? Meet the Giant Triton. 🐌 This powerful sea snail can track and chase starfish 🍽️ Once caught, smaller prey can be swallowed whole 🌍 Their appetite for crown-of-thorns helps control outbreaks But outside Australia, they face threats from legal trade that puts their survival at risk. Without predators like the Giant Triton, coral-eating starfish would spread unchecked, leaving the Reef e
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