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starfish
Its a disease known as sea star wasting syndrome and it causes a starfishs arms to literally escape from their bodies. The appendages detach and then just walk away.
Experts at the aquarium where the starfish lives say it's just an optical illusion caused by the way the creature's legs are attached to the rock.
The marine heat wave is triggering a continental-scale collapse of a pivotal predator, says new study.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The robot's target is a species of coral-eating starfish responsible for extensive reef damage.