Causes of Climate Change. Climate change is a long-term shift in weather conditions identified by changes in temperature, precipitation, winds, and other indicators.
Answer by Marcin Wojtkowski. Confidence votes 167. Most sea star (starfish) species are generalist predators, some eating bivalves like mussels, clams, and oysters; or any animal slow enough to be unable to evade the attack (e.g. dying fish). Some species are detritivores, eating decomposed animal and plant material, or organic films attached to substrate.
Otters Can Be Picky Eaters Sunflower stars aren't the only animals in Monterey Bay that eat urchins. Sea otters eat them too. The sea star die-off may indirectly help otters by increasing the availability of high-fat, high-protein sea urchins. Fur traders hunted sea otters to the edge of extinction in California.