There is one famous question which people contemplate and that is whether Starfish or Sea Stars can walk or not. Well, the question can now easily be answered with a newly surfaced video on YouTube. Starfishes generally washed off the shore and it is a task of this species to get back into waters again. In a latest occurrence, a starfish was seen walking on the beach. The video was captured by Zeb Hallock in Corolla, North Carolina.
The bizarre spectacle of starfish walking back into the sea went viral on the internet. In the video, the sea creature uses its hair-like cilia on the underside of its body to move along the sand. 'We noticed there were starfish walking around on the sand near the water,' Hallock explained. “Some were in tide pools but some were just strolling on the sand, very very very slowly,” he said.
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As there were many starfishes on the beach, people helped them to get back into the water again. People at beaches were very excited to see a large amount of starfish and helped them move quickly into the water as well. The footage that was available on the internet earlier this month was actually shot in October 2012.
Many people who saw starfishes walking on the beach was amazed to know that they can actually move on their own. Many people said that they never knew that starfishes have feet as well.
People also observed that starfishes have got thousands of cilia under their legs which help them in moving on the land. It was also amazing to observe that starfishes can grow back legs and they have an eye at the end of each one. The video was uploaded on the Twitter over a weekend and people went crazy about that.
Some people referred starfishes as aliens. The scene was so gripping that people were ecstatic to see the video footage. It is advisable that if you see a starfish on the beach, you must put it back in the water as soon as possible.
Starfish moving with the help of cilia under their legs
Starfish will die if they are on dry land for a longer period of time. As far as the breathing of starfishes are concerned, they respirate through the gills on their underside and they take oxygen from water to respirate. As they use gills, it is clear that if they are stranded on land for longer period of time, they will suffocate and die.
Starfish will die if they are on dry land for longer period of time
As far as the statistics go, there are around 2,000 species of starfish living in all the seas taken together including tropical habitats to the cold seafloor. The five-arm variety of the species is most common of them all. If the reports are to be believed, there are also species with 10, 20, and even 40 arms exist. Starfishes are purely marine animal and there are no freshwater sea stars and only a few starfishes live in brackish water.
Around 2,000 species of starfish living in all the seas taken together
Starfishes have an amazing quality to regenerate its body. Their limbs are most important part of their body. They can easily regenerate limbs and in some cases, the entire body. They do this by incorporating most of their vital organs in their arms. Few of the starfishes require the central body to remain intact in order to regenerate whereas there are few species which has the special capability to grow an entirely new starfish from just from the portion of a severed limb.
Starfish can regenerate their body
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