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Old 10-04-2007, 08:25 AM   #1
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Starfish Feet...the other white meat?


Saw something at work I've never seen before (although i shouldn't be surprised)...

The conspiculatis angel came out checking on this gargantuan starfish ("gargantuan" I love that word... never had a chance to use it in a sentence). He laid down low, stuck his head under and nipped off one of the tube feet... then he did it again on the other side.

It got me to wondering... evidently this is normal behavior... but how, or does this affect the starfish in an adverse manner (other than it probably hurting like hey-yell and having to replace a tube foot)?
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Old 10-04-2007, 10:28 AM   #2
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not sure how normal this behavior is, but as long as the nipping is reasonable then the star should be fine.

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