Starfish Graveyard
Submitted by bod on Wed, 2009-12-09 22:29
Edited from the Daily Mail story by Fiona Macrae 09th December 2009
Stretching along the shore as far as the eye can see, it is a galaxy of starfish.
More than 10,000 were left high and dry on the sands after choppy seas washed them from their feeding grounds. And unfortunately, nearly all perished, unable to get back to the safety of the water. The graveyard of orange and pink extends more than a quarter of a mile along the golden sands of Holkham Beach in Norfolk.
The starfish, which
washed up early last week, may have been victims of dredgers scraping
the seabeds for mussels, their favourite food. The process could have
dislodged the feeding starfish and the currents carried them to the
shore.
It is thought that the starfish had gathered near the shore to feast on their favourite food of mussels.
They are also most common between November and March - the time of the year when we experience bigger tides.
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This is Tragic
For nature,(the star fish) but just another example of what disturbing the sea bed,either by nets ,trawled or dredging if that indeed was the cause does,indiscriminate by catch or like these dredge /net kill.jersey