A fact from Ophiura ophiura appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 August 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that when the serpent star(pictured) is discarded with unwanted invertebrates from fishing nets, it rarely survives?
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