Hungry little crabs may help control coral-eating starfish numbers

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-hungry-crabs-coral-starfish.html

... Mr Asteroidea ...

Green staghorn coral may be more likely to survive ocean warming if crabs are around https://phys.org/news/2025-02-green-staghorn-coral-survive-ocean.html

"predation by #starfish led to wounds that bled mucus, which in turn attracted the hoof-clawed #crab... the #crabs fed on the mucus but did not harm the coral... they also fed on nearby #seaweed, typically the vectors for infectious #bacteria, which led to infection prevention in the #corals... coral that were protected by the crabs were 60% less likely to suffer tissue loss"

The Church release their fifth album on February 16, 1988. It’s seen as their international break-through album — it went gold in America with many songs appearing in both movies and television.

https://robinbannks.wordpress.com/2025/02/16/starfish/?share=mastodon&nb=1

THE CHURCH
Starfish
1988 Canada pressing

Been a loooong time since I’ve sat with this whole album start to finish.

It’s so friggin’ good. Just magical.
Might have to do Priest=Aura next.
#vinyl #vinylrecords #1980s #80smusic #80s #alternative #thechurch #starfish #art #indie

Vibrant Starfish eating a Mussel in Cannon Beach (right side). It takes 48 hours, see comments for the proceed.

available: https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/vibrant-starfish-eating-a-mussel-in-cannon-beach-or-ez-lorenz.html