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Sometimes confused with their cousins, the starfish, they differ in having long whip-like arms. Most are scavengers, eating dead creatures and seaweed, although some filter food from the water. Photo supplied
BRITTLE STARS

Local researchers exhume oldest brittle stars of Southern Hemisphere

Ancient brittle stars from the supercontinent of Gondwana unearthed in 410-million-year-old rocks in Eastern Cape

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read