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The giant triton (Charonia tritonis) is a beautiful shell and a well-known predator of the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci). In many parts of the third world, it is still being collected in large numbers and sold to tourists as ornaments. As you admire the beautiful shell, spare a thought for the hungry mollusc that died. And don't forget, they live on starfish.Many species of starfish are known to outbreak in different parts of t...

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In the early years of the Third Reich, Hermann Göring, one of the most notorious leaders of the Third Reich, worked to establish his own personal army to rival Himmler's SS and Reichswehr. The result: a private Prussian police force which grew into one of the most powerful armored units in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht. This unit fought throughout the Second World War, meeting Anglo-American forces in vicious battles across the European theatres of...

Don't blame me, " said the little boy. "The problem with our oceans is that they're huge." "That's what I've been telling them for 60 years, " said Paddy the Starfish. "I'm just a baby, so don't blame me" said Junior to Bubbles the slug. "The problem is up there". "Something must have changed, but what was it?" said Angel Fish. "I suspect lots of things". "I know that you're talking about me, " said Thorny passing by quickly for good reason. "...

This is a series of brief conversations with ChatGPT on a number of controversial subjects. The results are unedited and represent a range of answers, but ChatGPT is not allowed to express opinions and does not access recent news. All in all, it provides an interesting insight into this new technology called "Artificial intelligence" or AI but it is far from perfect at the time of writing in March 2023. I have no doubt that in future it will g...

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The giant triton (Charonia tritonis) is a beautiful shell and a well-known predator of the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci). In many parts of the third world, it is still being collected in large numbers and sold to tourists as ornaments. Many species of starfish are known to have outbreaks in different parts of the world. Prior to human collection, the giant triton might have controlled starfish numbers not by eating the many, bu...

This is a series of brief conversations with ChatGPT on a number of controversial subjects. The results are unedited and represent a range of answers, but ChatGPT is not allowed to express opinions and does not access recent news. All in all, it provides an interesting insight into this new technology called "Artificial intelligence" or AI but it is far from perfect at the time of writing in March 2023. I have no doubt that in future it will g...

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH Sea-urchins and starfish both belong to Phylum Echinodermata and while early research on the fertilization reaction was conducted by Rothschild and Swann (1949) on sea-urchins, the conclusions regarding egg fertilization and proximity of spawning individuals were just as applicable to starfish. Human collection of the Giant Triton and other predators was suggested by Endean (1969) as a causative factor in starfish outbrea...

A thesis submitted according to the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of Queensland. December, 1994. Coral reefs seem to defy many of the paradigms which characterize less complex biological communities. While there is general agreement that the biota of coral reefs exhibit high species diversity, some authors have characterized coral reef assemblages by selecting species with high population densities (Sa...

Outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) have been studied for many years throughout the Indo-West Pacific region and although many explanatory hypotheses have been proposed we do not understand why outbreaks of this starfish occur on some reefs while, on other nearby reefs, this starfish maintains a stable, low population density. On the Great Barrier Reef and elsewhere, most starfish research has centered on establishin...

Coral reefs seem to defy many of the paradigms which characterise less complex biological communities. While there is general agreement that the biota of coral reefs exhibit high species diversity, some authors have characterised coral reef assemblages by selecting species with high population densities (Sale, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1984, Sale and Dybdahl, 1975, Connell, 1978). Other authors have included rarer species (Kohn, 1959, 1968, Den Boer, ...

To finance their retirement, Greg and Liz are planning to sell their property. But when they receive an offer for their full asking price of $1 million, it comes with one condition...the payment is to be in cash. They go for it. Things go wrong. The money is stolen. The local police are no help, so Greg devises his own plan to get their money back. A retired investment advisor, he is just a regular guy and not prepared to use violence. Will he...

To finance their retirement, Greg and Liz are planning to sell their property. But when they receive an offer for their full asking price of $1 million, it comes with one condition...the payment is to be in cash. They go for it. Things go wrong. The money is stolen. The local police are no help, so Greg devises his own plan to get their money back. A retired investment advisor, he is just a regular guy and not prepared to use violence. Will he...

To finance their retirement, Greg and Liz are planning to sell their property. But when they receive an offer for their full asking price of $1 million, it comes with one condition...the payment is to be in cash. They go for it. Things go wrong. The money is stolen. The local police are no help, so Greg devises his own plan to get their money back. A retired investment advisor, he is just a regular guy and not prepared to use violence. Will he...

To finance their retirement, Greg and Liz are planning to sell their property. But when they receive an offer for their full asking price of $1 million, it comes with one condition...the payment is to be in cash. They go for it. Things go wrong. The money is stolen. The local police are no help, so Greg devises his own plan to get their money back. A retired investment advisor, he is just a regular guy and not prepared to use violence. Will he...

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Kwame, the son of a tribal chief, wants more from life than can be found in his small West African village. Working as a houseboy at the management residence of a foreign-owned gold mine, he listens to the conversations of the residents and fantasizes about one day traveling the world himself. But after mysterious deaths and disappearances are blamed on the revenge of jungle spirits, Kwame overhears something that he wishes he hadn't. Unable t...

Kwame, the son of a tribal chief, wants more from life than can be found in his small West African village. Working as a houseboy at the management residence of a foreign-owned gold mine, he listens to the conversations of the residents and fantasizes about one day traveling the world himself. But after mysterious deaths and disappearances are blamed on the revenge of jungle spirits, Kwame overhears something that he wishes he hadn't. Unable t...