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May 14, 2021: Cookie Star Feeding

While exploring a site about 40 miles southeast of Key West, Florida, this cookie sea star was observed with its pink stomach fully extended as it fed on a coral stalk.

Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration. Download larger version (jpg, 1.6 MB).

While exploring a site about 40 miles southeast of Key West, Florida, this cookie sea star was observed with its pink stomach fully extended as it fed on a coral stalk. These sea stars are voracious and tenacious predators, and nothing was going to get this one to release its grip on its meal!