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Adult tritons are active predators and feed on other molluscs and starfish. The giant triton has gained fame for its ability to capture and eat crown-of-thorns starfish, a large species (up to one metre in diameter) covered in poisonous spikes an inch long. This starfish has few other natural predators and has earned the enmity of humans in recent decades by proliferating and destroying large sections of coral reef.
The struggle between a starfish and an Atlantic triton can last up to an hour before the sea star is subdued by the snail's paralyzing saliva

Tritons can be observed to turn and give chase when the scent of prey is detected. Some starfish (including the crown-of-thorns starfish) appear to be able to detect the approach of the mollusc by means which are not clearly understood, and they will attempt flight before any physical contact has taken place. Tritons, however, are faster than starfish, and only large starfish have a reasonable hope of escape, and then only by abandoning whichever limb the snail seizes first.

The triton grips its prey with its muscular foot and uses its toothy radula (a serrated, scraping organ found in gastropods) to saw through the starfish's armoured skin. Once it has penetrated, a paralyzing saliva subdues the prey and the snail feeds at leisure, often beginning with the softest parts such as the gonads and gut.

Tritons will ingest smaller prey animals whole without troubling to paralyse them, and will spit out any poisonous spines, shells or other unwanted parts later.

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EastStroudsburg13 wrote:

caseyotis wrote:I recently attended an oceanography lecture given by a Cornell professor, and it was fantastic. I honestly learned a lot that would have helped me in Water Quality if I was still competing. Resources like that, if they're available in your school/area, can be very useful. And they're also interesting to someone who doesn't do it for Science Olympiad. I obviously didn't go for Science Olympiad - this event opened up the field to me, and I wanted to learn more about it. I'm going to miss Water Quality.

If you're interested in oceanography, Dynamic Planet's topic changes to Oceans next year. It's a lot more to do with the physical side of oceans, rather than the ecological side, but if you found the lecture interesting it might be something you want to think about!