Sea star balling behavior (IMAGE)

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Sea star balling behavior

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Sea stars curling into tight balls in response to experimental injections of kainic acid.

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Dennie Truong, Courtesy of Bigelow Laboratory

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