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23/06/2009: "CORAL EATING STARFISH - MYSTERY CAY PLAGUE (1975)"
Divers aboard TSMV Coralita collected two such strings of starfish using a single tank of air for each diver.
It was a small dent in the vast population that the charter boat had dropped anchor on. We made a 16mm film record of this encounter - which was not repeated on the following voyage to the same area.
With needle-sharp and extremely painful spines (if you have an accident) - a better plan is to stay well away from this pest.
