the swarm...

#swarm #starfish #seastars #sealife #animatedgif

the swarm...

#swarm #starfish #seastars #sealife #animatedgif

How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/

How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/

How To Walk Without A Brain

"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/

Starfish don't have hands but they got feet :)

#echinoderms #seastars #MastoArt

“
After a decade of urchins devastating kelp forests, researchers are finally fighting back — and bringing the literal hammer down.
…
All totaled, divers destroyed more than 260,000 urchins.

The results shocked even the scientists.

… sea star wasting disease … killed billions of sunflower sea stars worldwide, a major urchin predator.
”
#Kelp #SeaStars #Urchins #PurpleUrchins
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2025/11/02/new-strategies-may-help-oregons-struggling-kelp-forests-bounce-back/86818900007

#Seastars have sticky suction cups foot that help them hold tight

Las estrellas de mar tienen ventose de cada pie tubular que les ayudar