How a Basket Star Eats

The basket star is an echinoderm, part of a phylum that includes all sea stars (starfish), sea urchins and more. Here you can see it catching and eating krill at the Seattle Aquarium.

[aleksandarnikolov]

The music makes it creepier than it actually is. It's actually fascinating.

[tarantulady]

I just had a baby basket star pop up in my 60 gallons. He's amazing to watch and beautiful, but I'm afraid he will die because I am not an expert. He was hiding in live rock and somehow survived a long curing process. He is brownish red with white at the ends of the arms.

[KaitokiNohara]

Its like a level 99 boss where u have to cut down all the arms first before u can hit the heart

[jiggyy]

Basket Star would be a sweet video game boss in an underwater level.

[chloecapray]

bruh this is hella cool. beautiful living fractal creature

[rxziuiy]

It gives me the chills seeing every little branch moving independently

[soy_jacks]

This is how trees move but slowly over the course of days or even years except they can only move one limb at a time

[annhitchcock]

These are so fascinating. When you see them during the day, they just look like a mass of vegetation.

[SweetButtercup]

The _muc_ sock coming to life and now I have a responsibility as a young father

[coltsrule]

GASP, It's the flying spaghetti monster! He does exist!
Bow and kiss his noodley appendage!

[coin__]

Ah yes, the Bed of Chao- I mean Basket Star

[alexprored]

I think NOPE should become it's own subspecies in the animal kingdom.

[BaneHydra]

Whatever Hentai movie this thing crawled out of, put it the fuck back in.

[misterkefir]

what's so creepy about it again ?

[DMTrojan]

aw, it has like little tiny hands
that's adorkable

[Cernumospete]

That reminds me of those old-timey stop motion movies.

[brucecamp]

Nobody might get the reference. but the Basket Star kinda looks like the Veinhole from Tiberian Sun. Look at the center of the Star it looks like the mouth.

[AlvaEdentorpSandin]

That first part 0:14-0:39 is sped up, right? Too bad... I wanted to see how it really moves when it feeds:/

[redteamla]

Do you know the name of this song? It's quite nice!

[georgeofhamilton]

It's like a kid in a Chuck E. Cheese Ticket Blaster.