One of the largest starfish in the world, able to move surprisingly fast thanks to more than 15,000 tube feet, but today decimated by over 90% by a mysterious disease.
🌊 0–120 m
⚡ Can have up to 24 arms and more than 15,000 tube feet
⚡ One of the fastest starfish known, over a metre per minute
With not an ounce of blubber to shield it from the cold, it survives in the icy Pacific thanks to the densest fur in the animal kingdom — and cracks open shellfish with rocks like a tiny artisan.
🌊 0–30 m
⚡ The densest fur of any animal on Earth, its only defense against the cold with no body fat
⚡ One of the few non-primate mammals known to use tools (rocks) to open its prey
