for the sea stars, in their pain http://www.alansondheim.org/shell2.png http://www.alansondheim.org/shell.mp4 sea stars, on the east and west coasts of north america, are dying from a hideous wasting diseases that eats away at them, until nothing is left but the ossicles. they're in pain; the culprit is unknown, but thought to be a water-born virus or bacterium. see the lead story in Science this week (2 may 2014, #6183). infected sea cucumbers and sea urchins have also been found. this is one of the saddest ecological catastrophes in recent memory. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
