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A crown-of-thorns starfish feeding on a plate coral on the Great Barrier Reef (IMAGE)
An aggregation of crown-of-thorns starfish feeding on a plate coral on the Great Barrier Reef A crown-of-thorns starfish feeding on a plate coral on the Great Barrier Reef Crown-of-thorns starfish ...