The Arm of the Starfish is a novel by Madeleine L'Engle, first published in 1965. It is the first novel dealing with the O'Keefe family. Madeleine LEngle (b. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...
The plot centers on a young marine biology student named Adam Eddington, who travels to a remote island off the coast of Portugal for a summer job working for a famous scientist, Dr. Calvin O'Keefe. As the plot unfolds, it becomes clear that at least two different factions have equally strong but differently motivated interests in Dr. O'Keefe's research on organ regeneration. Adam faces a number of ethical dilemmas as he is forced to choose between these factions.
Clearwing moths looks like armed wasps, and so are able to fly during the day as they do, even though other moths only come out in the safety of the night.
There are two rows of suction cups on each arm, so sensitive she can tell what a cup is touching without seeing it.
It feeds primarily on sea anemones, but those anemones are armed with stinging cells which explode at the slightest touch and shoot a dart into intruders.
A scuba diver injured in a shark attack off Perth says he wrenched his bleeding arm from the predator's jaws and hid in a crevice on the ocean floor until he was rescued.
Australia: Reef pest proving problematic for dive firms
Dive companies say they are destroying up to 150 crown of thorns starfish a day on Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.
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