They are talking about a crown-of-thorns starfish, not just any old starfish. This is a very specific and deadly species. It invaded the Depapre reef on the northeast shore of Papua, Indonesia and darn near wiped it out completely. Very little coral is left compared to what it was previously.
It is an awful type of starfish and should be killed.
Know what’s crazy?
Yesterday I read an article in a company publication from 35 years ago decrying the Crown of Thorns Starfish and its depredations on the Great Barrier Reef.
But but but...I thought it was all due to global warming!