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Re:Scientists record biggest ever coral die-off on Australia... by Tempest1981 on Thursday December 01, 2016 @01:30AM (#13077623)
I was curious, and found this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown-of-thorns_starfish#Ecolo...

They are 25-30 cm starfish with up to 21 arms, and they damage the reefs. It does say that "warmer sea temperatures enhance larvae development", with this reference: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep08402

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Re:Scientists record biggest ever coral die-off on Australia... by cromulent on Thursday December 01, 2016 @02:35AM (#13077863)
This was interesting too:

"An autonomous starfish-killing robot called COTSBot has been developed and as of September 2015 was close to being ready for trials on the Great Barrier Reef.[84] The COTSbot, which has a neural net-aided vision system, is designed to seek out crown-of-thorns starfish and give them a lethal injection of bile salts."

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