Hi and thanks for the comment. The Crown-of-Thornes isn't a welcome visitor on a reef! Wondering if you find our video because you are interested in the ocean or was it part of a class?
I saw a segment on this in some documentary and they were illustrating symbiotic relationships. A crown-of-thorns starfish was eating a coral reef when crabs living in it started clipping off the "thorns" and the starfish left...it was kinda cute
Thank you for posting this video! I first heard about these on The Blue Planet Attenborough series and wanted to know more. Really creepy looking creatures. Very interesting though...
I think it's funny how the dude is saying that merely brushing up agains ta crown of thorns is incredibly painful, next scene you see some diver flipping one around, his hand only an inch away from touching it. lol
Culprit identified three decades later. How fitting, since it took three days for the stiffness in my leg to pass!
thank you i hope this video goes viral its very educational please post more of these and its exactly what i need
Hi and thanks for the comment. The Crown-of-Thornes isn't a welcome visitor on a reef! Wondering if you find our video because you are interested in the ocean or was it part of a class?
I saw a segment on this in some documentary and they were illustrating symbiotic relationships. A crown-of-thorns starfish was eating a coral reef when crabs living in it started clipping off the "thorns" and the starfish left...it was kinda cute
Thank you for posting this video! I first heard about these on The Blue Planet Attenborough series and wanted to know more. Really creepy looking creatures. Very interesting though...
Apparently, even if you cut one in half both halves can survive. I guess that doubles the problem.
But when the coral turns white after the starfish pass trought it, does it then turns into its normal color, slowly with time?
Give me a good boat, unlimited fuel funds and a Muffin Monster and you'll have no crown-of-thorns overpopulation in a few months.
I heard that if you cut them in lots of pieces,you'll have a starfish for each piece you have cut.
I'would like to try.
I think it's funny how the dude is saying that merely brushing up agains ta crown of thorns is incredibly painful, next scene you see some diver flipping one around, his hand only an inch away from touching it. lol
are they edible? If they're half as tasty as urchins, I'd harvest 'em.
I'm afraid not. The Crown-of-Thornes eats the coral. That's why if too many Crown-of-Thornes live in the same place, a reef can be seriously damaged
cool fish
Those freaking sons of devil coral eaters!
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yeah... they are...
they destroy corrals
if the Crown of Thorns Starfish are killing of to many corals in the reef why don't they just catch them every time they see them and kill them
Its sad that people are paid to kill these precious creatures :(
LOL