Brittle Star uses Wrestle - It's Super Effective

[drhoz]

via the Real Monstrosities Blog, video footage of a constellation of Deep-sea Brittle Stars wrestling over a dead shrimp. The way the littlest one gets mugged by the bigger ones is slightly painful to watch, but he puts up a valiant fight.

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Comments

[sarahkucera]

I used to have a pair of these guys in my 125 gallon saltwater. They had dens at opposite sides of the tank and were pretty cool to watch.

[drhoz]

they are rather cool :)

[falnfenix]

i had no idea brittle stars moved that quickly. holy crap.

[drhoz]

Some of them are fast enough to catch live fish for food.

[falnfenix]

whaaaaat

[drhoz]

http://echinoblog.blogspot.com.au/2008/11/giant-green-brittle-stars-of-death-when.html

[drhoz]

*snickers*

[china_kitty]

That's pretty cool! Who knew brittle stars could fight like that. ^_^

[drhoz]

Yup. And it's mud wrestling too

[kittysaysno]

Poor little fella. Ha, that is some awesome pile-on brawling.

[drhoz]

sure is :) Doesn't look like they're inclined to share :)