The only poisonous starfish (10 photos)

Starfish called "crown of thorns" bears more than a thousand poisonous spines and eats coral polyps. She dwells on the coral reefs of the Red Sea and the tropical Indian and Pacific.



This is the only known poisonous starfish.



The body is covered with numerous sharp spines up to 3 cm (hence the name "Crown of Thorns").



It feeds on corals. In the mid 70s the hordes of "crowns" inflicted heavy damage to the Great Barrier Reef.



If you step on such a star is its venom causes significant inflammation.



But for all its dangers star is representative of the beautiful ocean depths.