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Operation starfish to save reef

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The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Publication Date
2013-10-08

Armed with improvised spears, the team clad in scuba gear, were submerged in the clear waters off Pigeon Island. Seeing an area where corals were destroyed, they descended like sharks that had spotted their prey. Taking aim, they speared the starfish that was the cause of the destruction.

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http://www.sundaytimes.lk/131006/plus/operation-starfish-to-save-reef-64660.html