Thousands of starfish have been washed up on a Devon beach after becoming exhausted spawning.
A line of the creatures stretched for more than a mile across the pebbles at Budleigh Salterton.
One expert said the process of reproduction had left the starfish "tired out" and they had been left "susceptible" to tides and the wind.
Similar events happen once or twice a year in the UK, but it is the first time for Budleigh Salterton.
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