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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Nick Forbes

Heavy seas likely reason for mass starfish stranding, says expert

Thousands of starfish washed up on Kirkcaldy beach in Fife on Monday (Nick Forbes/PA) -

A mass stranding that saw thousands of starfish wash up on a beach was most likely the result of heavy seas and strong currents, an expert has said.

Thousands of the invertebrates were washed ashore along a wide stretch of Kirkcaldy beach in Fife on Monday, with many being thrown up on to the paved footpath above the beach by large waves.

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