Starfish Time Lapse
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Have you ever seen a starfish move? I haven’t either. This time-lapse video shows they don’t quite walk on their arms they way you’d expect! Note: The first scene shows barnacles and tiny snails. -via Ursi’s Blog
(Vimeo link)
Have you ever seen a starfish move? I haven’t either. This time-lapse video shows they don’t quite walk on their arms they way you’d expect! Note: The first scene shows barnacles and tiny snails. -via Ursi’s Blog
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17 comments to "Starfish Time Lapse"
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Yoda
May 21st, 2008 at
9:50 am
So sick, that is.
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jenjen
May 21st, 2008 at
10:51 am
Fleshy starfish like this one move by thousands of tiny tube feet on their underside. It’s almost as if each arm is a millipede, but the millipede legs end in suction cups. The overall effect of their locomotion is a gliding movement. Here’s a good YouTube look at the tube feet underneath:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4IRF-pKVtuUBrittle stars, skinnier starfish relatives, do move more by walking with their legs.
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Mihkel
May 21st, 2008 at
11:32 am
*cough* Sea Stars… *cough*
Always cool to think of animals who move using hydrolics in their body, thats why they look like they are convulsing.
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Shervin
May 21st, 2008 at
11:47 am
It would be awesome to see a time lapse of a star fish regenerating.
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snarky1
May 21st, 2008 at
12:00 pm
That is SO COOL!
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Jason
May 21st, 2008 at
12:33 pm
They use their hundreds of tiny tube feet to get around!
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Jason
May 21st, 2008 at
12:33 pm
Oh, jenjen beat me to it!
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CheeseDuck
May 21st, 2008 at
1:03 pm
Damn. Stupid intelligent people. I was gonna say that they moved using tiny tube feets. =(
Oh well.
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Scott J
May 21st, 2008 at
1:06 pm
I always thought they walked on two legs like Patrick in Sponge Bob.
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kid_icarus
May 21st, 2008 at
1:47 pm
i want to see them pop and lock it next!
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Archbob
May 21st, 2008 at
1:50 pm
I’ve seen them move on discovery channel episodes, its pretty cool
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Amy
May 21st, 2008 at
2:33 pm
So my question is this: these were filmed underwater, yes? So then why isn’t any of the vegetation moving with the currents?
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meghan
May 21st, 2008 at
3:55 pm
The main place I’ve found starfish is tide pools. Not exactly current-filled.
But to me it looks like these starfish arent underwater at all, at least near the end.
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Idil
May 21st, 2008 at
7:38 pm
haha with music, it looks like they’re dancing
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Thomas
May 21st, 2008 at
9:49 pm
Are the two at the end getting their starfish lovin’ on?
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kew
May 22nd, 2008 at
12:52 am
Underwater does not mean “in the wild”. It’s probably aquarium
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heather
May 22nd, 2008 at
12:02 pm
Very creepy.
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