Crown-of-thorns starfish
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Oct 10, 2026
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
There's thousands of them.
MarkSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They are the Crown of Thorns starfish.
MarkSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[crowd gasping]
Mindy ThomasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You know what, Guy Raz? We should probably get out of here.
Guy RazSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
By the way, what is this Starfish Slayer COTSbot thing?
Mindy ThomasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Oh yeah.
Mindy ThomasSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So the COTSbot, COTS meaning Crown of Thorns Starfish, is this underwater drone developed by robotic researchers at the Queensland University of Technology in Australia, and its whole mission is to hunt down the sinister starfish.
Guy RazSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Wow, that's so cool.