Starfish

Last week my brother took a walk along the shoreline of where he lives in Kent, England. he walks there most days with his camera..He was amazed and devestated to be met by this sight. It streatched for 5 miles I believe and there were thousands upon thousands of them..This is his pic, and was used in one of the national papers. This is an extract from the paper..

"Environment Agency officials are investigating what could have killed the starfish, which had been feeding on mussel beds.

They do not believe the deaths were linked to the recent storms because they were first reported to them last week.

They have also ruled out pollution or anything to do with climate change as the cause.

The agency said officials would investigate if the starfish were discarded by fishermen after the mussel beds were dredged.

A spokesman said: "Starfish congregate in vast numbers in some areas and feed on shellfish, so if the seabed was dredged then the starfish would inevitably have been caught in huge numbers."

Another theory is that the starfish had run out of mussels to eat and had moved into shallow water in the search for food.

The starfish bodies are not harmful and will probably be eaten by seagulls, the agency said. "


I think it`s heartbreaking....I would never have thought that so many little creatures could all die at the same time without being poisoned somehow..


Peace n Love Mags xx