OtterKnow Kids EncyclopediaStarfish are cool animals shaped like stars! Starfish are not really fish at all. They do not have fins or gills like fish do. Scientists also call them sea stars.
Most starfish have five arms, but some can have even more. They come in many bright colors like orange, red, purple, and blue. Starfish have tiny tube feet on the bottom of their arms that help them move and hold onto things.
Starfish live on the ocean floor near the coast. They can be found in tide pools, on coral reefs, and on the sandy bottom of the sea. Starfish live in oceans all around the world.
- If a starfish loses one of its arms, it can grow a new one back!
- Starfish move very slowly along the ocean floor using their tiny tube feet.
- A starfish has its eyes at the tips of its arms, so it has an eye at the end of each arm!
