True Facts: Sea Stars

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Sea stars are far better aliens than anything science fiction has come up with. That goes for a lot of stuff in the ocean. The biting "drone" pedeselari thing is absolutely mind blowing. I don't know of any other animal that does something like that. When I went scuba diving in Mexico, the instructor said, "So, on the reef, what are you allowed to touch?" I said, "Nothing?" "Correct."

as a marine biologist, i can confirm that "science hippies" is a 100% accurate term for marine biologists

Imagine if trees had defense mechanisms like crinoids. You go to cut down that oak in the backyard, but the minute the chainsaw comes out the tree’s trunk snaps off at the base and the whole thing crawls away into the woods like something out of a horror movie.

“Something you might find on a tray at Satan’s dentist” Zefrank never cease to amaze me with these creative jabs at nature.

"Don't worry, she gets away. Just kidding...she dies." I snorted my coffee everywhere, that got me good.

In summary, Sea Stars are either the most incredibly complex engineering project in the ocean OR evolution outsourced them to the engineering department of MIT and the geeks found the most complicated way to ensure no one else could explain or outsource necessary maintenance.

Biting fingers all over the body, detachable venomous biting jaws, these things are alien nightmare fuel. Disembodied limbs continuing to attempt to feed mouths no longer nearby, lost arms regenerating whole new bodies, the slo-mo savagery of the urchin…utterly phantasmagoric creatures. I’m completely hooked on your videos, thank you for all your work creating them.

Fun fact, the earliest recorded description of the bunyip, an amphibious monster of Australian myth, painted it as a starfish bigger than a person. After watching this video, I can say that would be an extremely terrifying monster.

Just give Zefrank his own show on Animal Planet already. I think the man's earned it with this performance.

Ah yeah, mr. buttery-smooth voice, talk to me about Patrick Star

I love listening to Frank giggle while he's explaining stuff. It's adorable and he's really funny.

sea stars are so crazy, I rewatch every one of these true facts videos every so often and I always learn something new. thank you. I'm 29, a law school drop out, general fuck up, but I'm going to start my associates in biology with the goal of becoming a field biologist/documentarian. I'm not gonna say anything sappy like it's because of you or that you're a hero to me or anything like that, I just wanted to thank you for the time and love you put into making this video. I can tell you really fuck with sea stars, and I really fuck with you, Ze. best wishes.

I have an uncle that cut off his forefinger with a saw by accident while working in his barn. He couldn't find the finger. He and his wife were scheduled to go to Florida for four months while the snow came and went in his home state of Michigan. So, after a quick trip to the ER to patch up his wound they left for sunny Tampa. When they returned in March the snow was gone thankfully. When my uncle went back to the barn to check things out he found another him. That darn forefinger had grown back another entire uncle. After the initial shock they are now best friends. And, I have two identical uncles. Pretty cool.

Zefrank is like that one friend you don't talk to that often, but, whenever you do, you always have a really interesting conversation.

6:21 “Your foot can’t do that. Your foot’s boring.” That one always makes me grin.

i’ve never been particularly interested in sea stars, but the fact that almost every shot in this video showed a unique looking sea star has me captivated

So not all sea stars live under a rock under the sea. Next thing you'll say is that sponges don't live inside pineapples too.

'Evolution can do anything, if you get it drunk enough.' Words to live by.

"The ancestor of sea stars and other echinoderms said screw it, I want to be a circle" And within the first 10 seconds, Ze Frank has me dying of laughter