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Starfish live under things because they like dark places.

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well, they bury themselves to bury from predators and also to use it as a safe way to catch food! hope i helped:D

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The intertidal zone in generally full of mollusks, etc. That is what starfish like to eat. Starfish can be found all ocer the oceans, from coral reef, to the artic, to the deepest depths.

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