SLIDESHOW: Protecting reefs from Crown-of-Thorns Starfish infestation
Danny Ocampo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 02:17 PM
Crown-of-thorns starfish eat coral polyps and are natural residents of coral reefs, but due to several factors such as lack of predators they can reach outbreak levels and could devastate a healthy reef in a few days. Coral reefs take 20 to 30 years to recover from severe COTs infestation.
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