Starfish

(Aeteroida)

Contents Size and interesting facts

Prey and predators No Noses. What?

Brains or not? Starfish have no eyes. What?

Size and interesting facts.Did you know… Starfish grow from

13mm to 1.2 meters.

If a starfish’s arm is cut off the arm grows back.

The most arms recorded on a starfish is 40 arms.

Starfish have 5 or more arms.

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2000 species of starfish.

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Prey and predators.Did you know…That starfish …

Eat other starfish.

Starfish’s predators are fish like shark’s and manta ray’s.

They prey is Mussel, Clams, Oysters, Snails, Sponges, Sea Anemones, Coral and other small animals.

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No noses. What?Starfish don’t

have noses. But how do they know if there is prey or predators around?

Well Starfish smell

with their skin cells.

Did you know…

That starfish have no eyes…

Brains or not?Starfish have no brains.

But how do starfish sense danger??

Well starfish don’t need brains to sense danger.

Starfish have no eyes. What?Starfish have no eyes.

But how do they know where they are going in the sea.

They use their skin cells and tube feet which is on the groove on the middle of each arm.

Starfish DiagramPicture from EnchantedLearning.Com

Well that brings us to the end of the show.Hope you liked it.

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