Starfish

Description

• Starfish have tiny spots called eyespots on the tips of their rays.
• Starfish move around and hold on to rocks and sand with their tube feet
• A mama starfish is called a hen.

Description

• A baby starfish is called a chick.
• These starfish begin life with 5 rays and add more as they grow.

Habitat

• Some starfish live on the ocean floor and others live close to the surface.
• The bat starfish lives along the Pacific ocean Alaska to Baja california.
• One of the best place to see starfish is in a tide pool.

Food

• Starfish are slow movers and the prey they want to eat are also slow movers.
• Many starfish eat clams, oysters, and mussels. Some eat seaweed and also some eat coral.

Life Cycle

• The female starfish when it is pregnant is white and looks like a jellyfish.
• Female starfish produce hundreds or even millions, of eggs each year.

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