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Is there such as a poisonous starfish?
There are many starfish that are poisonous, such as the Crown of Thorns starfish, the sun star starfish, the spiny sun star starfish and the leather star starfish. Starfish have sharp spikes that are covered with a thin, venomous skin, which can cause swelling, nausea and vomiting once it is on your skin.
How many thorns were in the crown of Jesus?
The number of thorns used to make the crown is not known as yet.
What eats a cushion starfish?
The Giant Triton snail became famous because of crown-of-thorns as their prey, but they only eat these once a day. Another common predator of the crown-of-thorns is the humphead wrasse or as they nicknamed it, 'Wally".
Do starfish eat coral?
Many types of starfish will eat coral. There is one particular species of starfish, called the crown of thorns starfish, that eats coral polyps in large quantities. It is very destructive to coral reefs.
How many legs does a purple starfish have?
It dose not matter what color the starfish is.But starfish can have 1 to 50 legs.
How does the Crown-of-thorn starfish move?
Here is my report you can use on crown-of-thorn starfish: A glance at the crown-of-thorns starfish explains how it got its name, as it is covered by thousands of spines. The spines are extremely sharp and are known to have a toxic reaction in humans. This animal is also the largest starfish in the world. People have sighted ones as big as 700mm in diameter from one tip to the other. The normal size for this starfish is between 250mm and 350mm. This starfish is quite beautiful when it is seen in its natural environment, as it is multi coloured ranging from purplish with red tip spines to having a green body with yellow tip spines. The crown-of-thorn starfish does not breathe but oxygen enters mainly by diffusion into the tube feet. The crown-of-thorns also has many other characteristics, which includes a mouth surrounded by short blunt spines, a stomach and hundreds of tiny feet that can be seen from under each arm. The crown of thorn's diet mainly consists of coral. Foods range from soft corals, including gorgonians (sea whips) to echinoids (sea urchins, starfish), clams and algae. They have also been observed to eat each other. The crown of thorns starfish is capable of going for relatively long periods of time without food. In the laboratory they have gone for as long as six to nine months. The crown of thorns starfish is a predator that eats other living animals. It is able to move across the coral reef using its suckers to find new prey. After finding a suitable coral it sucks away the polyp's tissue, leaving only a white coral skeleton. When the crown of thorns starfish is present in large numbers, it often eats together in groups called aggregations. In recent years crown of thorns aggregation have caused large scale coral destruction in other areas of the Pacific, but especially in the Great Barrier Reef. A female crown of thorn starfish releases millions of eggs each year but usually only a very small number survive to become mature starfish. However, if conditions are favourable, it may allow more larvae to settle on the coral reef and to survive. This then can lead to a population explosion on the reef. The outbreak of this starfish on the Great Barrier Reef has probably been the most extensive of all those recorded in the Indo-Pacific region. The last serious outbreak in the Great Barrier Reef occurred in 1991/1992. It was predicted to occur in 1994 but came 3 years early. These outbreak cause drastic destruction to the corals leaving some areas totally deserted. The crown of thorn starfish has no known predator so they thrive. Large aggregations of starfish will drastically alter the amount of hard coral on the reef. The starfish migrates from reef to reef as its food sauce runs out. Most hard corals will be eaten, though remnants are often left behind which can regenerate. Coral reefs can recover from the damage done by outbreaks, but it can take up to 20 years just to have a good coral cover again. That is why researchers are finding ways to prevent outbreaks in the first place.
Is the crown of thorns starfish helpful or hurtful to the coral reef?
Hurtful. Currently, there is an overpopulation of these starfish due to a decline in the population of its natural predators. They feed on coral polyps, which would have been fine before the over population (bio-diversity is a good thing), but now there are just so many of the starfish that they are causing damage.
What is the Easter?
There are many symbols for Easter such as a lamb, eggs and the crown of thorns.
How many thorns r n the christ crown?
The number of thorns used to make the crown is not known as yet.
How many legs are starfish able to have?
starfish are able to have any number of legs over 3, up to any that can fit around their body.
Is it true that starfish have more then 1000 legs?
Yes of course they can I have seen many starfish with over 1000000 legs and 7 arms. Your an idiot
What sea animal in a coral reef eats coral?
Many of the fish (butterfly's, angels, wrasse, and many others) eat the coral. There are also numerous invertibrates that eat the coral, a few examples are the crown of thorns starfish, and many many kinds of nudibranch(sea slugs).
