Article 4MBDA The 'Love Hormone' Helps Some Starfish Turn Their Stomach Inside Out To Eat

The 'Love Hormone' Helps Some Starfish Turn Their Stomach Inside Out To Eat

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Ed Cara
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Here's a reminder that biology is oftentimes more complicated than headlines can make it out to be. Scientists in the UK have found evidence that the so-called "love hormone" oxytocin plays a very different role in starfish than it does in humans and other animals. In starfish, an oxytocin-type molecule seems to help"

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