Anyone else reminded of those water arcade games that your grandparents would have where you'd push a button to blow tiny plastic things around with air bubbles?
It looks like a store display tank. Store systems (good ones anyway, plenty of bad ones out there!) are usually flow-through systems where the display tank is much smaller portion of the total water volume than a home tank would be.
Absolutely. You also need an INCREDIBLY well established tank, talking like 2+ years old, before you can even think of putting a star in. If they don't have enough to eat they will starve and they eat a lot so the ecosystem needs to support that appetite.
I mean, itâs not like your brain has a single âmaster neuronâ that does all the experiencing; itâs extremely *logical* to understand your own mind as far more *diffuse* than the narratively-structured experience you construct from your senses. Your optical processing can and DOES lie to you on the regular by preprocessing out your blind spot, and your memories are rewritten every single time you access them.
I too find it existentially horrifying, but itâs also fascinating.
Starfish are considered pests by fishermen because they're poisonous, invasive, and they eat more desirable fish. So back in the 60s, they'd try to get rid of them using the above method.
It didn't work.
Starfish can regenerate from incredible amounts of damage, and have no centralized nervous system. Some species can even regenerate from catastrophic injuries such as loss of central disc, which contains their mouth and stomach.
Srcsqwrn
Looks like animal abuse
milkcheese
Looks like starmageddon in there.
Cosmicfisherman
When you wish upon a.... Holy Fuck That's A lot of Starfish!
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
Debberz
Awww bebe starfish McStarfaces
PlankTableGo
Part of a complete breakfast
IAMSRC
AngryNirds
Weeeeeeeee
HyggeDimsen
Watching this I'm born between thinking of the Stufio Ghibli soot sprites, and that one Spongebob comic.
DystopianCommandant
So...Starfish are the clans. Good to know, I wouldn't want them to issue a Batchal on me.
RobertAG25772
Are they really moving that fast and SWIMMING? Or is this time-lapse photo?
machmach
SuperfluousMeh
And then you realize the footage is sped up đ
Dannyalcatraz
âMy God, itâs full of stars!â
MonkeMun
looks like breakfast cereal.
Tr4desman
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PatrickDenStore
Looks like my baby pics.
CouldntCakeLess
Starlatan
/a/xOcbxBr
layinginbedfeelinglikeaquesarito
Every day we stray further from the light of god
SakuraSunsets
mineoc
What a terrible day to have eyes.
theskepticinme
Is this wrong to exist? I think this is wrong
CouldntCakeLess
Actually it is.
LanceSackless
You know i take it back i think theres some things that arent art
theredjuggler
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1cjFiNnlucDR3aTFycmNwbXE4bGxtM2ZuaTAxODh3eXVheGJ1NzJsbSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/ulSIu5DqlV51C/200w.webp
teardropivyyearofthetiger
Was looking for this one!
ShadeMeadowsArt
BEAUTIFUL
Jojowmojo
Seastars
th3grimlin
Formally, they just call them an aggregation or cluster. How boring. A group of starfish can also called a constellation, which I also like.
NotAllowedToArgueUnlessYouPay
The more you snow...
Trueshadowspawn
Ocean roombas
GentlemanScientist
Ocean can openers.
mrsdowneyjr
Why do they sometimes disappear?
GentlemanScientist
The tank has a large, square box in the middle which the stars climb around and out of sight.
mrsdowneyjr
Nope, just left of center. I'm guessing this is a time lapse and they're falling between snaps but I can't catch it just right
GentlemanScientist
Yeah, you're right, poorly worded of me.
xiaodown
I think it's because the footage is sped up, and sometimes they fall off the inside of the tank between one frame and the next.
meme2zombie
Anyone else reminded of those water arcade games that your grandparents would have where you'd push a button to blow tiny plastic things around with air bubbles?
terajack2048
Uh the water tasted awful
78927x4No1
You were supposed to snort it.
adventureswithadhd
That I had as a child?! Yes! Thanks for making me feel old. lol
Teratoid
Same
Cosmopolit
Grandparents? Fuck off đ
garbuhj
Isn't that too many starfish for that amount of space?
Hevach
It looks like a store display tank. Store systems (good ones anyway, plenty of bad ones out there!) are usually flow-through systems where the display tank is much smaller portion of the total water volume than a home tank would be.
0soGrande
Absolutely. You also need an INCREDIBLY well established tank, talking like 2+ years old, before you can even think of putting a star in. If they don't have enough to eat they will starve and they eat a lot so the ecosystem needs to support that appetite.
TheUtahn
So this is bs?
AtmaDarkwolf
Nah just blatant cruelty? Or maybe a transfer tank...
Ionico
Starfish are terrifying.... biologically.
ChorizoPig
Sounds like you need some harlequin shrimp.
Ivalicenyan
And as a gang
https://youtu.be/_QVOerhM0Tg?si=U6QKWL5IvTPzTkHc
buckeye27fan11
Easykehl
Mindless clumps of carnivorous flesh walking around on thousands of tiny feet.
oblimo
Yet they behave like animals with a central nervous system ... just extra slow. The implications are pretty creepy.
nihiltres
I mean, itâs not like your brain has a single âmaster neuronâ that does all the experiencing; itâs extremely *logical* to understand your own mind as far more *diffuse* than the narratively-structured experience you construct from your senses. Your optical processing can and DOES lie to you on the regular by preprocessing out your blind spot, and your memories are rewritten every single time you access them.
I too find it existentially horrifying, but itâs also fascinating.
TungstenOrbital
BeaverOnFire
Reminds me of a chest from discworld. đ¤
Dreyzzyn
The horrors that little chest committed...
BeaverOnFire
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TheLastSpaceman
Please elaborate. I'd like to know...
InnerBushman
Rest assured you would not.
MrImmaculate
You a fan of Casual Geographic? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp01AIhfohs
youshouldhaveseenmyotherusernamethatdidntmakeit
Thanks a lot. I hate it +1
battery1979
I certainly am.
BoogiesOogie
Thank you so much for posting this. Your reputation as a Mr., stands. This shot is fantastic! #underwateralopecia
BoogiesOogie
*shit
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
As the fishermen found when they tried to get rid of them by hauling them up, cutting them in half and throwing them back.
IAmNotNSAsodonotbeparanoid
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
That's how you get twice as many starfish.
PandarenThiccness
They have regenerative properties.
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1NDg4Y3M4NnJpczUydHJ1OHUzeXExc2g3NndmMHZtdWo5MW92d203eSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/PWncoEubkxHB6/200w.webp
YouCanCallMeAnything
Starfish are considered pests by fishermen because they're poisonous, invasive, and they eat more desirable fish. So back in the 60s, they'd try to get rid of them using the above method.
It didn't work.
Starfish can regenerate from incredible amounts of damage, and have no centralized nervous system. Some species can even regenerate from catastrophic injuries such as loss of central disc, which contains their mouth and stomach.
SwiftyGuy
Holy fuck thatâs METAL đ¤!
TungstenOrbital
Why can't WE do that??
SwiftyGuy
And, what? You want a trillion people on Earth? Because thatâs how youâd get that real damn quick lol