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Starfish Stranding Linked to Starvation


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Source: UPI

June 4, 2012

"TOKYO, June 4 (UPI) -- Hundreds of crown-of-thorns starfish found on a beach in southern Japan became stranded because they were weakened by starvation, researchers say.

More than 800 of the creatures were discovered on a 1,000-foot stretch of sand on Ishigaki Island in January, a report in the journal Coral Reefs reported.

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