The only venomous starfish

The only venomous starfish - Starfish called "crown of thorns" bears more than a thousand poisonous spines and feed on coral polyps. It inhabits the coral reefs of the Red Sea and the tropical Indian and Pacific Ocean and. This is the only known poisonous starfish. The body is covered with numerous sharp spines up to 3 cm. It feeds on corals. In the mid-'70s bands of "crowns" inflicted heavy damage to the Great Barrier Reef. If you come to such a star, its venom causes severe inflammation. But for all its dangers star is a beautiful representative of the ocean depths.