Up to 99% of starfish on the west coast of North America have wasted away due to a mysterious epidemic
In 2013, the ocean floor looked like an apocalypse had occurred. Where there had been thousands of healthy starfish days before, now lay scattered limbs and dying corpses. The disease that affected these starfish, called sea star wasting syndrome (SSWS), is still a complete mystery and is still affecting starfish off the west coast of North…
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Sure is empty down here...