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Starfish, a still.
True size17cm across6.7 in
Animals · Built from a recipe

Starfish

No. 144 of 374, smallest first
A typical one: sea star, about 15 cm

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A starfish, or sea star, is not a fish at all but a relative of the sea urchin.

Shelf
Animals
Kind
Built from a recipe
Sound
Yes
Hands-on
Yes
Licenses
Own work (made in the page)
Starfish at its real size

Life size. This starfish is 17 cm across on your screen too, give or take a tenth on a phone. Hold a real one next to it.

How to play, in the Playground

Tap it to wave its arms. Hands-on: lift an arm and it curls back down slowly.

Its controls

ControlKindRangeStart
Wave the armsTap
WaveButton
ColorList4 choicesOrange

About it

A starfish, or sea star, is not a fish at all but a relative of the sea urchin. It has no brain. Seawater pumped through canals in its body works the hundreds of tiny tube feet under each arm, which let it creep along and grip rocks, and at the tip of each arm is a simple eye. Many kinds can regrow a lost arm.

Tap it and its five arms lift and curl in turn, like a slow wave, then settle back. Pick an orange, red, purple or blue starfish in the Splash tab. With ✋ Hands-on on, lift an arm and it bends up from its root; let go and it curls back down slowly, as a real starfish's arm does.

Details

Splats
Opens at 200,000 at Mid Detail, 59,998 at Low, and up to 390,000 at Max

Sources and credits

Made in Splashery. Its code is MIT.

Share it

This link opens it in the Playground. To put it on your own page, add the element and one script tag. Every option.

https://splashery.app/play/?toy=starfish<script type="module" src="https://splashery.app/play/src/element.js"></script> <splashery-toy toy="starfish"></splashery-toy>

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