Coral reefs destroyed by Crown of Thorns Starfish outbreaks

[sahannah7]

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[shootnmove]

kill EVERY fucking crown of thorns you see

EVERY TIME NO MATTER WHAT !

[adrastea99]

Life is a competition, losers die, winners live

If coral reefs don't develop a way to deal with these starfish, they don't deserve to live

[seantrayner]

@adrastea99 unfortunately that's a very naive and uninformed opinion. Changes like that do not accumulate quickly, it happens over a long long period of time. Part of the reason why these starfish are booming is because increased nutrient run-off and removal of the starfish predators, in part because of human activity. Before you make a broad platitude about something you don't know about do a little research.

[adrastea99]

Doesn't matter what the cause was, the reef will die, the starfish population will decrease due to no reef, end of story

It isn't a sustainable system, you can't expect divers to be there 24/7 protecting the reef from predators

What if there is a loss of funding? Or a natural disaster/war which prevents the divers from being there to help the reef out?

Better that ecosystem collapses now, while we can control the collapse, than later when we aren't there to stop the damage from spreading

[seantrayner]

@adrastea99

No, you don't get it. It isn't sustainable due to an artificial force, namely human intervention. Before humans got involved it was balanced and crown of thorns came and went. Divers wouldn't have to be there 24/7 if we weren't removing the predators to keep the starfish in check in the first place for pretty shells (ex. Giant Triton). This is not a closed ecosystem. There is no such thing as 'controlling a collapse'. It will occur elsewhere anyways.

[adrastea99]

Whether humans are to blame for starting this is debatable and relatively pointless, since it's already in motion

The question is whether you think it's possible for humans to stay by the side of the reef 24/7 for the next x millions of years and protect it from the starfish

Don't be silly

[superbaum]

@adrastea99 So after destroying communism we have a new purpose! Kill the Crown of Thorns Starfish! LETS DO IT !!!

[adrastea99]

@superbaum

What the fuck are you saying som

[LabRat6619]

COT starfish kills the coral and fishing kills all the bigger fish!

Too much sneaky poaching going on in Thailand, they don't care whats left?

[thisblackgirl]

i dont get it.. why are they destroying???

[kaxx000]

its because it feeds on polyps so if the crown-of-thorns population increases it kills more polyps and the coral dies

[chevq]

O wow, while i went to my homeland, the philippines, i caught like 5 of these in one day!

they were huge!

i nvr knew they were non-reef safe animals!

[H2ochicka13]

i luv the ocean and want 2 save it...thanks for more info, i need all i can get!