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How do starfish use energy?
Starfish do not release energy into food. Starfish obtain energy from food.
What structure of the starfish body help them to obtain food?
Starfish use their tube feet, which are part of their water vascular system, to help obtain food. These tube feet can extend and retract, allowing starfish to grip and manipulate their prey, such as bivalves. Additionally, starfish have a unique feeding mechanism where they can evert their stomachs out of their bodies to digest food externally, allowing them to absorb nutrients from their prey. This combination of tube feet and external digestion enables them to effectively feed on a variety of marine organisms.
Do starfish need sunlight to survive?
No, starfish do not need sunlight to survive. They are able to survive in a range of light conditions, as they primarily rely on capturing prey for food and obtain oxygen through their tube feet.
The methods a starfish uses to obtain its food?
Most starfish eat mollusks, principally bivalves which they force open by seizing both halves of the shell with their tube feet and pulling the halves apart very slowly until the bivalve is exhausted.
Hows does a starfish obtain water?
They live in the ocean so they stay wet. They are always surrounded by water and they absorb it. If they are above water for too long then they dry out.
What is the Diet of a starfish?
food
How does starfish procures food?
by its mouth or you eat its food
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.
When bitten by a starfish what affects can you get?
Starfish are not mean they only turn there stomach inside out for food
Do starfish get there food on land or in the sea?
in the sea....starfish don't live on land.(:
What food do starfish eat?
fat
What do starfish mainly eat?
food
