@limbdarkening We put your question to starfish expert Chris Mah, and he responded in his blog at
echinoblog.blogspot.com
Chris writes that brittlestars "can sense even the slightest change in the surrounding environment and can follow/detect molecules of attractive or offensive substances much more so than you would expect."
@neptunecanada Chris continues: 'This translates to the fact that these brittle stars can detect that big piece of shrimp "meat" very easily, even though they may not physically "see" it the way that you or I might.
And once they've actually gotten their arms around it-evidence suggests that their sense of physical contact is equally sensitive. Several of them know its there because they can "smell" and "feel" it.'
Do they have eyes between their tentacles? How do they charge at each other with such accuracy?
limbdarkening 9 months ago
@limbdarkening We put your question to starfish expert Chris Mah, and he responded in his blog at
echinoblog.blogspot.com
Chris writes that brittlestars "can sense even the slightest change in the surrounding environment and can follow/detect molecules of attractive or offensive substances much more so than you would expect."
neptunecanada 9 months ago
@neptunecanada Chris continues: 'This translates to the fact that these brittle stars can detect that big piece of shrimp "meat" very easily, even though they may not physically "see" it the way that you or I might.
And once they've actually gotten their arms around it-evidence suggests that their sense of physical contact is equally sensitive. Several of them know its there because they can "smell" and "feel" it.'
neptunecanada 9 months ago
Wow :)
DryBONESreborn 11 months ago
awesome fight !
ShinjiTomi 1 year ago
That is a fight !
showaltermicro 1 year ago