Amazing Starfish
By Susan
@HazySue (39264)
Gouverneur, New York
February 8, 2019 9:50am CST
Looking at photos this morning I ran across this one. It reminded me of when I was a child running down the beach looking for shells. We would pick up and save the pretty ones and leave the ones that were plain or broken behind.
One in a great while we would come across a starfish. Now that was a real treasure. We would scoop it up an run back to the car to make sure it was same it would be safe. They were quite the find.
I ran across a few interesting facts that I thought would be fun to share:
*Starfish have no brain.
*They have two stomachs - one is a cardiac stomach that helps bring food inside to the pyloric stomach which digests food.
*A starfish can product up to a million eggs at a time.
*They can change their gender from males to female and back again.
All in all they are amazing little sea creatures.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
9 Feb 19
They're amazing and really beautiful. I love starfish.
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@DianneN (246906)
• United States
8 Feb 19
I love your photo! Finding starfish is very rare, but when you do, there's nothing better. I taught a science class and covered starfish. The kids always loved that part of the lesson. They are such fascinating and pretty creatures, too.
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@Hate2Iron (15730)
• Canada
8 Feb 19
I didn't know half of that!! They are definitely unique!
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
8 Feb 19
I always wanted to find one, but i don't remember ever doing so. hmm may have to try this summer, even though i hate the beach.
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