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Hungry baby sea stars eat each other in unexpected case of underwater cannibalism – Livescience.com
Baby sea stars may look innocent and adorable, but they’re teensy little cannibals and eat their own siblings for their own survival.

Baby sea stars may look innocent and adorable, but they’re teensy little cannibals and eat their own siblings for their own survival, according to a new study.
Two researchers discovered this behavior among baby Forbes’ sea stars (Asterias forbesi) by accident. They were originally trying to understand how baby sea stars reacted when introduced to ferocious crab predators in the lab.
“But they all started eating each other before we even introduced the crabs. So we had to scrap that experiment,”…
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