So I'm on a bit of a starfish kick right now, because they're just darned interesting creatures. They're one of the very few purely radial animals on the planet, don't have anything even approximating a brain -- and yet they manage to climb on top of mussels, crush 'em till they're open, pump the little shell full of digestive fluids and suck it out. How cool is THAT.
And to those who are wondering, the starfish infatuation started off thus one morning in Colorado:
D: I'm a starfish! [splays arms and legs]
J: I'm a seagull, and I'm going to rip your guts out.
D: Woah. That was uncalled for.
Incidentally, the seagull is not a natural predator of the starfish.
And to those who are wondering, the starfish infatuation started off thus one morning in Colorado:
D: I'm a starfish! [splays arms and legs]
J: I'm a seagull, and I'm going to rip your guts out.
D: Woah. That was uncalled for.
Incidentally, the seagull is not a natural predator of the starfish.
