pulls back inside the sea star’s body, and its other stomach, the pyloric stomach, finishes digestion. Tell students that they are going to watch a short video about a few species of echinoderms.

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Since 2013, 90% of the Pacific population of these sea stars has been lost to the gruesome and disfiguring sea star wasting disease. The disease outbreak is being driven by climate change, with warmer ...