Starfish are animals in the water who are shaped like a star. They belong to the Asteroidea family and are also known as "Sea Stars". They typically have 5 arms but in some cases they may have 6. The aboral or upper surface may be smooth, granular or spiny, and is covered with overlapping plates. A lot of starfish species are brightly colored with reds and oranges, although some may be blue grey and even brown.
Cool Starfish Facts
Starfish can survive up to 35 years in the wild.
Common feature for all starfish is that their body is symmetrical.
The Starfish is a carnivore ( eats meat) they eat clams, they also have two stomachs and one of those stomachs can be pushed in and outside of the body while the starfish is eating (kind of gross but cool).
Starfish mouth is located on the underside of its body.
Starfish move by using these things called tube-feet they stretch very slowly till they get somewhere.
They can be basically any size from huge to very tiny.
The starfish are prey to sea otters, rays, sharks and even seagulls.
Starfish have characteristics of both genders but can actually change gender's when they get older.
Believe it or not the name "Starfish" comes from them being shaped like a star.
They aren't even related to fish in the slightest they just couldn't name it star that would get too confusing.
If they ever loose a limb they can easily grow it back so they have a new one and that is pretty cool.
Some species of Starfish can have up to 40 arms. (talk about multi-tasking)
There are thousands of species in the Starfish family.
Even though these are living creatures they actually do not have any sort of blood.
Despite no blood they do have eyes I mean they do need to see to know where their food is.
Why I wrote About Starfish
Me and my mother went to a restaurant and they had a live Starfish in the tank along with some other really cool fish. We tried to see it move but we failed.
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