regex question

[dave@balboa quick_test]$ cat test_regex.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my $line = "test_text";

if($line =~ m/^\d*/)
{
         print "true\n";
} else {
         print "false\n";
}

if($line =~ m/^\d/)
{
         print "true\n";
} else {
         print "false\n";
}
[dave@balboa quick_test]$ ./test_regex.pl
true
false
[dave@balboa quick_test]$

why is the first one true?

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