Talk:Crown-of-thorns starfish

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The Crown of Thorns Starfish is extroidenary it is so crazy dude it will kill you if you look at it evenin picture

It may look threatening, but I can't help but think it's misunderstood. Does it actively seek the destruction of the human race? I don't believe so. 80.43.15.59 13:58, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

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The crown of thorns can grow from the size of a grain of sand to the size of a dinner plate. An exceptionally large crown of thorns can grow to be the size of a car tire. Divers kill these predators by injecting their own stomach acid into each of their many legs.If even one leg is missed the sea star can live on.Before overpopulation, crown of thorns kept the fast growing coral from overpowering the slower growing coral. Now it destroys coral mercilessly.

I'm having a hard time believing the part about the stomach acid. If someone can find a reliable source for this, go ahead and put it back in. Dave6 07:40, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

I've heard this is true, they used to kill them by cutting them up, or putting them through a shredder, but they regrew from the pieces. I don't have a source for the info. 203.143.238.107 06:12, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

I didn't find any references for the removed section. This document Controlling Crown-of Thorns Starfish explains techniques for killing these animals. Injection with poison can be done in less than a minute, so I assume you don't have to inject each leg. Also, I doubt they would survive a shredder, but the document linked here explains why they don't normally cut them up to kill them. --MattWright (talk) 17:09, 6 March 2007 (UTC)