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Sea star babies give hope after mass die-off
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May 7, 2015
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Sea star babies give hope after mass die-off
Sea stars are making a comeback from a wasting disease that caused millions of them to die-off.
A healthy sea star clings to the intertidal zone of Crystal Cove State Park.
A healthy sea star clings to the intertidal zone of Crystal Cove State Park.
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Jed Kim
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Sea stars are making a comeback from a wasting disease that caused millions of them to die-off.

Sea stars are making a comeback from a wasting disease that caused millions of them to die-off. The wasting disease made the sea stars to curl up, lose limbs and eventually turn into a pile of goo. 

Peter Raimondi, a marine biologist at UC Santa Cruz, joined the show to talk about the signs of new life that have appeared along the coast.