A Crown of Thorns Star showing why it got that name.
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Crown of Thorns Star
Graham's Island
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A Crown of Thorns Star showing why it got that name.
Posted for Becky’s Squares: Simply Red. See more responses here.
Graham's Island 
That’s magnificent, Graham. I assume they’re deadly?
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Not deadly, but painful from what I read.
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Wow!
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It almost looks like a strange sea urchin…what a beautiful and painful sea star! Nice shot!
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Yes, not something to be handled or stepped on.
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A wonderful starfish. They are decimating the Great Barrier Reef and controls are in place to limit their range
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I think their numbers here oscillate and they haven’t proved to be a big problem, though that could always change.
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Maybe you have something that predates on them that is not in Australian waters
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Not sure what that would be, but their numbers just seem to go up and down naturally here. I’ve been noticing more lately after a long spell of rarely seeing them, and that’s kind of been the pattern since I moved here 13 years ago.
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I wouldn’t want to step on it, but it’s stunning.
janet
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Yes, I think the pines are venomous.
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An exotic starfish, Graham? I thought at first, coral, but the name kind of gives it away xx
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wow amazing shot – and doesn’t it look fabulous
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Up near the surface so the light was good.
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Incredible capture, Graham!
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Thanks Terri. The light was good, which brought out the red more than usual.
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