Crown-Of-Thorns Starfish' Destroying Kuwait Coral Reef
By Matt J. Weiss, August 7, 2008 @ 02:00 AM (EST)
Source: Arabtimesonline.com
The diving team in the Kuwait
Environment Protection Society (KEPS) has recently discovered a kind of
starfish that preys on coral reef. In a statement on Wednesday, the
diving team said that a conclusive joint-study with Kuwait University
it carried out on Kuwaiti marine life, showed that large numbers of the
starfish were virtually covering all coral reef surrounding the Kuwaiti
island of Om Al-Maradim, causing the reef’s destruction. The thorn-like
spiny creature has also been found in areas surrounding Garoh island,
to which specimens were taken for further study.
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