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Word on the Reef
Diving into marine science adventures on the Great Barrier Reef and beyond!
Word on the Reef
S3 E6: Starfish vs. The Great Barrier Reef: Can We Stop Them? [EXTENDED VERSION]
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Tanya Murphy
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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What has eyes on the tips of its 20 arms, venomous spines, is almost impossible to kill — and is munching the world’s largest reef?
Meet the crown-of-thorns starfish.
Professor Morgan Pratchett has spent years studying this formidable predator. He’s been on the pointy end of one more than once — and lived to tell the tale.
In this episode, he reveals new research that could help tackle this army of millions.
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20-Armed and Dangerous: Meet the COTS
Cyclone Narelle & Intro to Prof Pratchett
Name and Origins of the COTS
COTSon-Eyed Joe Outbreaks: Where Do they Come from? Where Do they Go?
COTS-Proof Wall?
How to Find COTS Faster... And How Many Are There?
What it's like to be Spined by a COTS
Impacts of COTS on Coral Reefs
Practically Indestructible: How to Kill COTS - Correctly
COTS Bot: The Robot Starfish Terminator
Risks of Intervening on COTS
The War on COTS: Who's Winning?
Root Causes: Solving the Problem at the Source
Now Entering: THE EXTENDED DIVE
Animals That Can Help us Fight COTS
Surprise Benefits of COTS!
Can COTS become a Commercially Viable Fishery?
Climate Change and COTS
Brett's Wild Night-Time COTS Hunting Ideas
Genetically Modified COTS
COTS in Other Countries
How Loss Motivates Us... And Prof Pratchett's Fave Reef
First Nations knowledge of COTS
How Can People Help?
