There's a Starfish disease that causes their legs to run away from them.

**PokeSephiroth** 2014-02-09, 20:27

To the point where they literally rip themselves off the starfish bodies. - AND IT'S LOCAL.

http://io9.com/an-unbelievably-gruesome-epidemic-is-ravaging-starfish-1513950473

Time lapse video of a sea star tearing itself apart over 7 hours:

There's a Starfish disease that causes their legs to run away from them. Ku-medium

There's a Starfish disease that causes their legs to run away from them. Ku-medium

MorganEA 2014-02-09, 20:42

That is crazy!!

Nick_87 2014-02-09, 20:47

This is one way that the starfish can reproduce. Each leg will become a new starfish and grow more legs and the mother starfish will grow it's legs back too. They are just crazy ugly monsters .

**PokeSephiroth** 2014-02-09, 20:59

Nick_87: Unfortunately, it was mentioned in the video (from the first link) that this disease prevents the legs that have detached to grow new limbs, and also prevents the startfish from growing its detached limb, back. Thus the starfish dies, and the limbs that detach, slowly die off as well.

It's happening.

There's a Starfish disease that causes their legs to run away from them. C4buo

There's a Starfish disease that causes their legs to run away from them. C4buo

Nick_87 2014-02-09, 21:11

Whaaaaaa???? Well.... this is what happens when I don't listen to the audio I guess. haha, my bad!

**PokeSephiroth** 2014-02-09, 21:13

It's so sad, and the fact that it's really rampant in our waters... is... rather disheartening Sad

I sure hope we can figure out what's causing this odd disease...
I've been following this same topic on a different private forum, and some people have brought up the fukushima incident as one of the possibilities, I doubt it though.. but still... Man... :\

MorganEA 2014-02-09, 21:24

Or the Asarco plant that dumped tons of lead and arsenic into the sound.

pbmax 2014-02-09, 21:35

The wiki describes the most recent plague and discusses potential causes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_wasting_disease

**PokeSephiroth** 2014-02-09, 21:42

Very interesting. Nice find, pbmax! Man... if it is global warming, then I s'pose that's going to be a tough one to reverse...if possible, at all.

hobbyorobsession 2014-02-09, 21:50

makes we imagine human limbs doing the same thing.

Anthraxx 2014-02-09, 21:57

problem with blaming local issues is that apparently its also prevalent on the east coast. Believe me the asarco plant bugs me as much as the next guy, but i dont think its to blame for this. hopefully some group can try and figure it out. starfish are incredibly important to the ecosystem as a whole.

On a side note: it would be amazing if they could isolate this disease and then introduce it on the great barrier reef. they have a Huge starfish issue there, where the starfish themselves are destroying reefs faster then they can rehabilitate http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-06/barrier-reef-under-threat-from-new-starfish-tsunami/5074118

**PokeSephiroth** 2014-02-09, 22:23

hobbyorobsession wrote:makes we imagine human limbs doing the same thing.

Like this? D:

There's a Starfish disease that causes their legs to run away from them. Paatttrrrriiiiiccccckkkkk

hobbyorobsession 2014-02-09, 22:26

Like our hands were" thing" from the adams family and walked away on the fingers

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