Summary Of Why Are Starfish Melting

In the article, Why are Starfish ‘Melting’, by Jane J. Lee, they explain that millions of starfish, for the past year and a half, have had a lethal virus which has turned them to white goo. The virus is a kind of parvovirus, which is “the group of viruses that cause gastroinintestical problems in unvaccintated dogs.” Although this virus is killing many starfish there isn’t very much that researchers can to to try to stop it. A marine ecolologist at Cornell University of Washington in Seattle said, “We can’t quarntine, we can’t effectively cull, and we can’t vaccinate.” All that they can do is hope that the populations can recover once the diesease settles. The virus affects the sea star by weaking it leaving it exposed to bacterial