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Crown-of-thorns eat themselves out of house and home – Science Daily
A world-first study on the Great Barrier Reef shows crown-of-thorns starfish have the ability to find their own way home — a behavior previously undocumented –…
A world-first study on the Great Barrier Reef shows crown-of-thorns starfish have the ability to find their own way home — a behaviour previously undocumented — but only if their neighbourhood is stocked with their favourite food: corals.Australian researchers observed the starfish emerging from their shelters in the afternoons so they could feed on coral during the night before returning home at dawn.
“The crown-of-thorns starfish often partied all night, slept-in and only those with a well-stocked…
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