Omri Bronstein

The sea urchin Diadema setosum before (left) and after (right) mortality. The white skeleton is exposed after the tissue is loosened and the spines fall off

The global sea urchin population is in real danger for its continued existence

The plague that destroyed the sea urchins in Eilat has spread to the Indian Ocean and threatens to destroy sea urchin populations all over the world
Echinometra sp - Eilat's violet Photo: Omri Bronstein

Sea urchins lived on Earth already about 300 million years ago; About 50 million years before what was believed until now

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The large-scale international research points to a variety of species that survived the huge extinction event that took place about 250 million years ago (long before the age of the dinosaurs) and wiped out over 80% of the animals on the planet
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