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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18 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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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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sesotek
October 5th, 2009 at
9:32 pm
Hi. I made this time lapse. It was filmed outside on rocks that created something like tidal pools. Mostly just rocks covered in seaweed, barnacles, snails and other critters. Its difficult to see that the orange sea star comes about half out of water in its shot, and then goes back under again. I used a polarizer to cut glare off the water. I'm also surprised that the lighting came out so well, but it was a clear blue sky that day, so the light was steady, giving the appearance of indoor lighting. Not done in an aquarium though!
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