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How do starfish use energy?
Starfish do not release energy into food. Starfish obtain energy from food.
What can starfish do with it's stomach when feeding?
eat
What can the starfish do with it's stomach when feeding?
eat
Do starfish eat with their mouths?
No, starfish do not eat with their mouths. Instead, they turn their stomach inside out to grab and partially digest the food they want to eat.
How does the starfish use its two stomachs?
The names of the two stomach's in a starfish are the cardiac stomach and the pyloric stomach. The cardiac stomach begins the digestive process when a starfish eats their prey whole.
Do starfish eat starfish?
Not really, mainly starfish prey prefer shelled animals such as oysters and clams. They would not eat starfish because to feed they tend to push open shells using their tube feet and extend their stomach out to engulf and digest food. Starfish have a rough surface and starfish prefer soft tissue as a food.
Where is the stomach on the starfish?
It's on the bottom of the starfish because that is where the mouth and stomach are.
What type of mouthparts do starfish have?
They don't have mouthparts. They exude their first stomach from their bodies and into the bivalves they commonly eat. This stomach digests the meat inside the shell and then is drawn back into the starfish to be further digested by the secondary stomach. The starfish is a predator of bivalves such as clams and mussels, but is known to scavenge as well.
Can a starfish vomit?
No studies have gone into this, but you can say that starfish send their stomach and other digestive fluids out from their body to digest the food that they will eat, then the starfish will eat the partially digested food back up. So, it is sort of regurgitating.
What does a starfish eat and how much?
they eat shelled sea animals by throwing up their own stomach to catch the prey
What do starfish eat and how do they get it?
they can eat clams or mussels. ect. and they wrap their rays around it and their tubed feet stick to it. and pull the shell apart. then the cardiac stomach pushes out of the starfish and engulfs its prey.
Are starfish sponges?
Yes, starfish do eat sea urchins. They wrap themselves around the sea urchin and evert their stomach against it to dissolve away the flesh and shell. Eventually when the flesh and shell is dissolved by the starfish stomach acids, the starfish eats the inside of the sea urchin.
