[Coral-List] crown of thorns (COTs)
Tom Williams
ctwiliams at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 4 10:26:01 EDT 2007
COTS
Simple and General
Search at night
Bag and remove
Boil or transport in bags, burn/bury on land
Never leave in the sea
They are wonderful predator/parasite
If you see one in day - see ten at night
TOM
--- Michele & Karl <michka at fellenius.net> wrote:
> Coral listers,
> I know of different methods that are used to deal
> with COTs. There is
> currently an effort amongst dive operators in Port
> Vila, Vanuatu to get rid
> of them off a few popular dive sites as there is
> much more lately than what
> is 'usually' seen. The method of choice has been to
> spike and remove them
> from the reef. However, other methods are being
> considered in order to speed
> up the process.
>
> My question is in regards to the method of
> 'squashing' the body (say with
> the bottom of a wine bottle) without breaking any
> tentacles and leaving
> them in place to be eaten on the reef. Until
> recently I understood this to
> be a viable in situ disposal method. However, I now
> understand that the
> 'squashing' on the animal resulting in its inards
> being ejected might
> actually lead to new animals growing from the
> ejected inards. Is there
> any truth to this? If so, is there any other in situ
> method other than
> injecting them that can be used?
>
> Thanks for any info.
>
> Karl
>
> **
> Karl Fellenius, Director &
> Michele Dricot, Manager
>
> Vaughani Shores Vanuatu
> Post Office Box 3158
> Port Vila
> Vanuatu
>
> office 678.29273 (AWARE)
> mobileK 678.73329
> mobileM 678.73326
> email VaughaniShores at vanuatu.com.vu
> web http://www.diveVanuatu.org
> **
>
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