An hour long special just started on the science channel. It is about the COT on the GBR. Not our neck of the woods, but still looks to be interesting.
Crown of Thorns on Science Channel now
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havnmonkey
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I saw it a couple of weeks ago... very interesting and sad. The older footage is the best cuz they sent out crews of divers to spear and kill as many as they could, it's weird to see divers just poking stuff.
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Have a Palau Dive Master Friend who accidentally stepped on one with barefoot --excruciating pain, and his whole lower leg swelled-up later as he fought-off a severe secondary bacterial infection.
Ask Jimbo about his pet COTS.Kevrumbo:
calscubagirl
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sloyota:
Crown of Thorns
mrjimboalaska
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stay away from the green pokey starfish looking things slo......sloyota:
like kevrumbos bud in PI, I had a %#$@ try to sling one on the deck of my boat and I tried to stop it from happening and caught it on top of my hand. 2 hospitalizations and still have problems with that hand to date (been almost 3 months)
Diver Dennis
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Lots in the PI. Very bad infections...
Yeah, I got poked by one up at the Cove...luckily I am okay...
Seen one of them off of Magic Island this afternoon. Cranked out a shore dive in about 25 - 30 feet of water...had lots of air...until attempting to go into the lagoon between the two breakwaters...then the air went bye-bye...
Back to them thorns, are we unofficially huli-ing those and placing a rock on top of them? Or are we leaving them be?
Just wondering.
Bought in an ice bag, a plastic cup, a mentos wrapper, and a snickers wrapper today.
Seen one of them off of Magic Island this afternoon. Cranked out a shore dive in about 25 - 30 feet of water...had lots of air...until attempting to go into the lagoon between the two breakwaters...then the air went bye-bye...
Back to them thorns, are we unofficially huli-ing those and placing a rock on top of them? Or are we leaving them be?
Just wondering.
Bought in an ice bag, a plastic cup, a mentos wrapper, and a snickers wrapper today.
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