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Crown of thorns eat their way outside and at home – AlKhaleej Today
Crown of thorns eat their way outside and at home
A close-up view of a crown of thorns starfish. The creatures eat acropora corals until they are practically homeless. Photo credit: Morgan Pratchett.
A worlds first study of the Great Barrier Reef shows that crown of thorns starfish have the ability to find their own way home a behavior that was previously undocumented but only when their neighborhood is filled with their favorite food: coral .
Australian researchers watched the starfish emerge from their shelters in the afternoon so they could…
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