Starfish walk using hundreds of tiny tube feet on the underside of their arms

[tblue37]

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Starfish walk using hundreds of tiny tube feet on the underside of their arms, as seen in this fascinating timelapse by Juliette Horn at the Frost Museum of Science.

[RockRaven]

2. And every one of those tiny tube feet is smarter & more useful than the average Republican voter.

[Effete Snob]

3. Can they walk across the road?

[debm55]

4. I don't know, but my husband and I went to Cape Cod and there was a large group attached to a jetty,

I was shocked because I thought starfish were only found in warm water. On fell of and there were little sucken cups on the bottom. I put him back on the jetty. If I remember correctly, scientists were studying starfish because they can grow back missing limbs.

[Effete Snob]

5. I was hoping you'd ask why they would walk across the road

But they do seem more common in some waters than others.

[debm55]

6. The ones saw were small.

[Effete Snob]

7. I feel sorry for that one

He’d been working up the courage to free himself and let go from the jetty to explore the world, and then a horrific monster grabbed him and out him back on the jetty.

[debm55]

8. Effete snob