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title: "Amazing facts about zombie starfish"  
description: "A short explanation of the zombie starfish and it's interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-28  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2705/amazing-facts-about-zombie-starfish  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["zombie starfish", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Amazing facts about zombie starfish

![Amazing facts about zombie starfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/97447bcb-d8c6-4568-925f-7b165a875486/images/b55e73b1-89f6-4e3a-aab3-86c188e37018.jpeg) ![Amazing facts about zombie starfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/97447bcb-d8c6-4568-925f-7b165a875486/images/29e351e1-23c9-41c0-bbcd-bf0958e45fdd.jpeg) Zombie starfish are real-life starfish that have been affected by a mysterious disease known as sea star wasting syndrome (SSWS). ![Amazing facts about zombie starfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/97447bcb-d8c6-4568-925f-7b165a875486/images/520b33b7-87c0-4ec6-8954-224ac9b7ef58.jpeg) SSWS is a contagious disease that produces lesions in starfish bodies, resulting in limbs falling off and bodies disintegrating. ![Amazing facts about zombie starfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/97447bcb-d8c6-4568-925f-7b165a875486/images/dfdcf1cd-aba9-4480-bed6-fe62bced537b.jpeg) SSWS was originally identified in 2013 and has now spread to over 20 starfish species along North America's west coast. ![Amazing facts about zombie starfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/97447bcb-d8c6-4568-925f-7b165a875486/images/d32f04e4-1d1a-4be3-b405-75145ff99532.jpeg) Warming ocean temperatures, pollution, and overfishing are suggested to be contributing reasons to the disease. ![Amazing facts about zombie starfish](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/97447bcb-d8c6-4568-925f-7b165a875486/images/b55e73b1-89f6-4e3a-aab3-86c188e37018.jpeg) Unfortunately, some of their species populations have declined by up to 90%.

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