But the plight of the triton is symmetrically balanced with the escalation of starfish numbers. Everybody loves the triton. Or at least they love its shell. People make horns, bookends, door stops, or just decorations of these glorious shells. Virtually every single island diver, man, woman or child, grabs every single triton they see.
Tritons normally come out to feed at night.
Just as the Crown of Thorns normally feeds at night. These days, most island spear fishers also go out at night and underwater flashlights are found in the smallest island village stores. They are not hard to see, either. Even small tritons stand out sharply against the background of a coral reef. Glorious colors and graceful shape.