{"id":31562,"date":"2017-01-03T10:31:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T10:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=31562"},"modified":"2017-01-03T10:35:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T10:35:19","slug":"crown-of-thorns-starfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/01\/crown-of-thorns-starfish\/","title":{"rendered":"Crown of thorns starfish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently there is a phenomena<br \/>\nHappening<br \/>\nOut on the reefs thats is causing concern<br \/>\nWith no brain to speak of<br \/>\nJust a cerebral nerve ring<br \/>\nAnd eyes on its legs<br \/>\nIt thinks it is king<\/p>\n<p>In large enough numbers<br \/>\nIt can alter the balance<br \/>\nOf creatures that live<br \/>\nAnd engage on the reef<br \/>\nBut for some unknown reason<br \/>\nIts numbers are growing<br \/>\nIn numbers that actually<br \/>\nBeggar belief!<\/p>\n<p>Locusts of the sea<br \/>\nEating all in their wake<br \/>\nNEptune is shuddering<br \/>\nNot for their sake<br \/>\nIts all about murdering them<br \/>\nIt appears<br \/>\nThough run off from sugar cane<br \/>\nMay fuel our fears<\/p>\n<p>Salt water is Yang<br \/>\nAnd sugar is Yin<br \/>\nCould it be that this run off<br \/>\nIs a mortal sin<br \/>\nIn that changing the ph<br \/>\nHas Changed the way<br \/>\nThat natural control<br \/>\nTill this time,could&#8217;t sway<\/p>\n<p>And it now encourages<br \/>\nThese souls to be<br \/>\nAs happy as henry<br \/>\nThe monster we see<br \/>\nOn the barrier reef<br \/>\nInjections of bile<br \/>\nWere killing the starfish<br \/>\nBut to reconcile<br \/>\nThe cost of importing the bile salts<br \/>\nWas high<br \/>\nAs was each diver<br \/>\nAnd that was no lie<\/p>\n<p>Now  they have discovered<br \/>\nWhite vinegar does<br \/>\nKill off the star fish too<br \/>\nSo theres a buzz<br \/>\nFrom science and chemists<br \/>\nThat this might just be<br \/>\nThe greatest white hunter<br \/>\nNow used in the sea<\/p>\n<p>They also have &#8220;cotsbot&#8221;<br \/>\nA robot killer who<br \/>\nIdentifies star fish<br \/>\nAnd knows what to do<br \/>\nMy guess is its sugar<br \/>\nAnd run off thats caused<br \/>\nThe problem and hopefully<br \/>\nThat can be paused<\/p>\n<p>Man is unkind to the creatures<br \/>\nAround<br \/>\nScience is arrogance to<br \/>\nI have found<br \/>\nCorporates  money<br \/>\nhave nothing to do<br \/>\nWith Nature or GAIA<br \/>\nAnd appear clueless to<\/p>\n<p>The need to resort to<br \/>\nThe signs from those who<br \/>\nWere the first people<br \/>\nThe indigenous few<br \/>\nWho could read the earths signs<br \/>\nBased on instinctive thought<br \/>\nWhich corporate Science<br \/>\nHas never bought<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently there is a phenomena Happening Out on the reefs thats is causing concern With no brain to speak of Just a cerebral nerve ring And eyes on its legs It thinks it is king In large enough numbers It &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/01\/crown-of-thorns-starfish\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,89,268],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-australia-and-the-epic-journeys","category-wild-and-farmed-fish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31562"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31564,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31562\/revisions\/31564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}