The COTSS are big, spiky and it is totally dependent on the corals for survival.
Thus, it is very difficult to combat the infestations of the COTSS.
Another important factor which helps in the population explosions of the COTSS seems to be related to the rains.
Interestingly, a single large female COTSS is known to deliver more than 50 million eggs.
It is believed that even moderate boosting of larvae survival leads to enormous boom of the mature sea stars.
The major purpose of designing the Robotic Submarine is to kill the COTSS with better efficiency.
The robot has an endurance for over 6 hours to successfully accomplish its mission.
source: www.techworm.net
