Texas – Thousands of starfish wash up on South Padre Island

(Before It's News)

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High winds, rough seas and strong currents were most likely behind the mass stranding of thousands of starfish on South Padre Island beaches this week.

The shoreline is still littered with the gray sea stars that began washing up on Jan. 26.

“We thought it was the cold weather at first,” said Tony Reisinger, Cameron County Extension Agent for Coastal & Marine Resources with Texas Sea Grant at Texas A&M University. “Texas Parks and Wildlife thought that, too.”

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