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The more you learn about sunflower sea stars, the cooler they get 🌟 Sunflower sea stars are one of the largest sea stars in the world (they can be three feet wide)! The species has had a sharp decline in recent years due to sea star wasting disease, which killed more than 90% of sunflower sear stars from 2013 to 2017. NOAA considers the event one of the largest marine wildlife disease outbreaks on record. Together, zoos and aquariums across the world are contributing to the conservation of this

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