amazing sea stars

Amazing Sea StarsBy – Piper Van Wagenen

Types of star fishThere are many kinds of sea stars. Some can

be poisonous like the chocolate chip sea star. So don’t get too close to them. Also there are five colors of sea stars: yellow, red, orange, purple, and brown. They can be called brittle stars if they are small, skinny, and spiky. Also they can be shaped like a pentagon.

BabiesThe mother star fish lays eggs like most sea

creatures, but from 100, to 1,000,000,000 at a time. So it’s likely to have lots of it’s babies survive.

Prey and PredatorThey are predators to shell fish, and crab. Also

crabs eats star fish. They are meat eaters.

Interesting FactsIf they loose an arm or leg it will grow back.

Also it does not swim, it crawls. They are only found in oceans that contain 6,000 species.

Life cycleThey are born in eggs. Then they turn into

plankton, then sea stars.

What it looks like It has eye pots on their body instead of eyes.

It also is very spiky and colorful.

How they actThey are harmless to people. They move by

the waves of the ocean.

LandformsStar fish live anywhere that has salt water if

they are wet but mostly on seaweed or in tide pools.