Starfish

cool animals is the starfish. Starfish are found nearly all marine environments. A lot of the species of starfish include Arctic Cookie, Blood Star, Bat Star, Crested Star. These animals are one of the most noticeable and attractive creatures in the world. They are free-living organisms that have a unique flat body. Starfish are echinoderms. These critters are related to sand dollars and sea urchins and have a fivefold symmetry. They have arms in multiples of five. A starfish can also be referred

The Cutlass-beaked river hawk, or aceros amnicus, is a very unique bird of prey. The latin root aceros means sharp, and amnicus means it is from a river. It lives near rivers and has very sharp talons as well as an extremely sharp beak, which goes along with its scientific name. The sharp talons allow it to catch prey trying to flee from it. It’s feet are rather large, and that makes catching moving prey and gripping on to trees much easier. This hawk lives in an environment in which the amount

The article written by Hamers (2017) provides newly found scientific evidence about the way pearlside survive in dark environments in the deep sea and the brighter environment at the surface. The researcher explains that fish contain light-sensitive cells as well as rods and cones in the retina for responding to light vision, which is different to the species living in dark environments. The pearlside has always confused the scientists and researchers who failed to understand how the fish has been

Starfish and crayfish are both invertebrates, but they have many differences. Last week,  our class did a dissection on each and learned more about them. This research paper will explain some differences between the two that were learned during dissections and by doing outside research. Starfish and crayfish body plans differ greatly. A crayfish has bilateral symmetry where the starfish has radial symmetry. The type of symmetry an organism has is suited to its lifestyle. Since the starfish has radial

True starfish are classified in the Asteroidea, a group of echinoderms. True starfish have no sharp demarcation between arms and central body, and they move using tube feet rather than wriggling movements of the whole arms. True starfish and ophiuroids shared a common ancestor in the Ordovician. Most starfish are predators, feeding on sessile or slow-moving prey such as mollusks and barnacles. (example: crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster specializes on corals, and may do considerable damage to

Slime – This square green mob spawns in swamps and underground, and may drop slime balls aside from the usual experience points when killed. It attacks and moves by hopping. Tiny slimes don’t deal damage and can only push you (which is still dangerous). Larger ones, on the other hand, do attack, but the damage to you isn’t too significant. It’s worth noting here, though, that medium and large slimes split into smaller slimes when hit. Fight multiple slimes with a sword while walking backwards. This

Sea stars along much of the North American Pacific coast are dying in great numbers from a mysterious wasting syndrome. Similar die-offs have occurred before in the 1970s, 80s, and the 90s, but never before at this magnitude and over such a wide geographic area. Pisaster ochraceus and many other species of sea stars have been affected by the current sea star wasting syndrome event. The following paper by Hewson et al. “Densovirus associated with sea-star wasting disease and mass mortality” provides

The Life of a Brittle Starfish The type of marine organism, which will be reported on within the following text, is the Brittle Stars. The Brittle Star is also called the serpent star and a common name for a large group of echinoderms closely related to the starfish. These organisms make up the class Ophiuroidea; another common name for ophiuroidea is snake stars. These organisms can be found in all oceans but are more abundant in the Tropics. Brittle stars can come in different colors. 2

major storms that wash large amounts of nutrients promotes plankton to blooms, which increase the food for many animals including Crown-of-Thorns Starfish larvae. The Great Barrier Reef receives runoff from 35 major catchments, which drain 424,000 square kilometres of coastal Queensland (Reefplan.qld.gov.au, 2012). Attacking the Crown of Thorns Starfish problem is through an integrated pest management approach that may be achieved by improving water quality as the long-term benefits to the health

The exercises that struck out with me in class today started when we got into a starfish position. From this position, we put our body upwards to stretch out the pelvic muscles. This is what I really needed. This movement was really relaxing and helped to relax that tension I was having in that lower area. The stretching helped me wake up! The next exercise that struck out with me was when we had to punch the sides, heels and massage the balls of our feet. This exercise helps wake up our feet. After