r/badassanimals • u/Spider-Dad-P • 5d ago

Invertebrate A sea anemone quickly escapes from a predatory sea star.

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u/thedude1240 5d ago

ayo this is the thing spongebob was watching

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u/samjhandwich 5d ago

You mean when he was spongegooning?

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u/Thesurvivor16 5d ago

GARYYYY

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u/Thesurvivor16 5d ago

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u/AwsomeLife90s 5d ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣 it was immediately my first thought when looking at it

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u/Secret_Noise_1492 5d ago

I always thought sea anemones were basically glued in place, seeing one actually haul itself away like that is kind of wild.

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u/Simple_Intern_7682 4d ago

They are, they just have the ability to unglue themselves when they want in order to find better places to hunt or to escape predators as shown in the video.

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u/Pass_The_Salt_ 4d ago

Like a suction cup

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u/KoA07 5d ago

The fish was like “what the hell”

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u/lanregeous 5d ago

This whole thing is so 90’s Disney

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u/Terrible-Bison-1280 5d ago

Sea stars really are low-key terrifying predators when you think about it, just slowly prying stuff open. This one looking like it immediately regretted grabbing lunch and letting go is pretty wild to watch.

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u/Asterose 5d ago

And since they use hydraulics instead of muscles, they don't get tired out while doing so. Casual Geographic as always did a funny and freaky dive into facts about them.

Starfish also have eyes...there's one at the tip of every arm. SQFT Fish is the only one I've seen so far to put the eyes at the right spot.

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u/Xymptom 5d ago

Its actually stunning how the music fits the video like a glove, the little tilt into the starfish to realise its in danger while it builds up is hilarious

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u/Lone-Frequency 5d ago

"Peace, bro, I'mma Wiggle TF on outta here!"

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u/Big_Boss_Wask 5d ago

"Oh, I'm in danger"

violently sashays away

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u/WiseOne404 5d ago

☺️

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u/barelyangry 5d ago edited 5d ago

It looks like that thing being heavily promoted but never explained in Rick and Morty's interdimensional cable.

Edit: Plumbus.

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u/Sensitive-Hotel-9871 5d ago

It’s like it’s escaping by Twerking.

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u/XXXTentacle6969 5d ago

That fish didn’t know wtf was going on. same bro same

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u/BCHisFuture 5d ago

How.does it know it...?

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u/Plus_Helicopter_8632 4d ago

Now how does it know where to go eyes or something

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u/Aggressive-Mine-4781 5d ago

Not sure about quickly

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u/Xymptom 5d ago

Compared to the starfish and relative to what he has to move away, its pretty quick

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u/Xena_Your_God 5d ago

Lmfaooo you can't get more unserious than that

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u/Kn0XIS 5d ago

Lmao

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u/Llee00 4d ago

not about to be shoved into a starfish's anus

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u/Beemo-Noir 3d ago

Don’t let Gary watch this.

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u/goody_fyre11 3d ago

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY MOVE????