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Yet Another Agonizing Dilemma. Recently there has been a serious problem in the pacific ocean concerning the dissapearance of various coral reefs around the globe, including the Great Barrier Reef. The destruction of the complex ecosystems known as coral reefs is linked to the overpopulation of A. Planci, commonly known as crown of thorns starfish. Once considered rare, A. Planci is overpopulating and consuming the worlds coral reefs at an astounding rate. Scientists have many hypothesis as to why this once ‘rare’ starfish has appeared in massive numbers around our oceans most complex ecosystems. Several questions are asked by many scientists about this dilemma. “Is this plague of starfish really so bad-and so unprecedented-as it seems?” second, “Has the plague somehow been caused by human actions?” and third “if the plague has n