Just wondering... How does a starfish eat?

[ervine]

Hi bros,

Was staring at my fishtank and I realised I have been wondering how my starfishs eats for quite some time now but somehow never went to find an answer...

I can't see any mouth or anything else that resembles a mouth... does it even have a mouth?

Hm...

[cityofangels]

Their mouth is right in the middle of the starfish, where all the legs are joined together at the center, aka nerve centre.

[ozy]

Do note that starfish do not have a brain, just a stomach.

Theoretically speaking, you can cut a starfish into 2 pieces and each part will grow into a whole star fish.

[ReDDeviLs]

Do note that starfish do not have a brain, just a stomach.

Theoretically speaking, you can cut a starfish into 2 pieces and each part will grow into a whole star fish.

are u sure? if can i want to cut mine up!!

[ervine]

there is a mouth? I can't see it... is it really tiny??

[giantbicycle]

are u sure? if can i want to cut mine up!!

Ekkxz

[Maxstar81]

cutting up a star fish into 2 ah.

Not confirm both will survive ....

Read somewhere before.

[ervine]

back to the topic... starfish mouth? does it have one?

[ozy]

yes, the mouth is at the centre of the underside of the organism .

[AhLoon]

Check out the mouth.

[Zac]

this is nice... never seen anything like this before..

[ervine]

woah... strange how come I can't see any opening at all under mine...

u mean their mouth can extend beyond their body?

[Mr CRABS]

My starfishes mouth is yellow in colour.so looks more disgusting

[decentkid]

the thing in the middle is the mouth, those transparent thing u see in the pic is their stomach, starfishes actually invert out their stomach to digest and feed on the food

thats what i read some time ago, dunno how accurate

just my 2 cents

[Travy]

the thing in the middle is the mouth, those transparent thing u see in the pic is their stomach, starfishes actually invert out their stomach to digest and feed on the food

thats what i read some time ago, dunno how accurate

just my 2 cents

yeap me double up on decentkid's info.

[jasongo11]

btw, do u feed the star fishes..??

or u just let them scanvage for leftovers n algae?

i tired feeding market prawn..

but they dun seem to take them..

seems like they are getting smaller in sizes.... how.?