Starfish is a kind of marine life, many people will think that they are not like animals, but in fact they are marine animals, but also a carnivore. The feeding process of starfish is interesting. Their tentacles can be regarded as their teeth, which play an important role in the process of feeding. Specifically, starfish stay still until they meet their prey, and when they meet their prey, they suddenly grasp it with their tentacles to prevent them from running away. If it encounters a shellfish, the tentacles of the starfish will peel off the shell. After that, the starfish will stretch out their stomach pouch and wrap up the prey, which is to eat them. Then there is digestion, when digestive enzymes are secreted.
In this process, because the speed of starfish is relatively slow, unlike other agile fish, so they generally use a roundabout way. If you look closely at starfish, you may observe their interesting feeding process.
As mentioned above, the speed of starfish is generally relatively slow, and the types of animals they can eat are relatively few, because they can not hunt as quickly as fast fish. Generally speaking, they prey on slow-moving animals, such as shellfish, crabs and sea urchins. Shellfish and other animals will have a relatively hard shell, at this time the tentacles of the starfish will play a role, will open the shell, and then only eat the meat inside. Although starfish are not particularly large, their tentacles are very powerful.
