Details about the specimens

• 10,000 specimens. (accurate to within 1,000)
• specimens alive at end of the observation process.
• specimens left in natural environment.
• The record does not indicate whether reproduction was occurring.

Phoned LIRS to report huge number of COTS seen on N and NW side of Linnet Reef by crew of MV Thirsty Dog - more than 50 years experience on reef and this is the largest outbreak they've ever seen.