Nearly as cute as the chickens from two weeks ago, this is a tiny planktonic sea star larva:
The part that actually looks like a star was only a couple of millimeters across but had a fully functioning ambulacral system, complete with tiny flailing suckers that it used to crawl across the bottom of my petri dish.
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Friday Ark #181
We’ll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and….? Visit all the …
Trackback by Modulator — Friday, March 7, 2008 @ 23:07
That is really cute.
Comment by efrique — Saturday, March 8, 2008 @ 00:34
Brilliant site. Lysande! Did you see this btw?
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/206O
I found loads of links for my own. Site. At what university are you?
Totally aweseome.
Comment by Matte — Saturday, April 5, 2008 @ 21:07