Sunflower Seastar: Terrifying Predator? | National Geographic

This animal is more than three feet wide and one of the fastest animals in its biome! It's also a very efficient scavenger.
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Sunflower Seastar: Terrifying Predator? | National Geographic
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[@NatGeo]

Sunflower Seastars are terrifying predators! Did you know that the Sunflower Seastar is one of the fastest animals in its biome and can travel up to 200 feet an hour?

[@GrowingDownUnder]

not as terrifying as the australian crown of thorns seastar

[@hellatze]

National Geographic starfish are fast ?

[@KarePassion]

the music is louder than the narrator... National Geographic normally puts out amazing videos... this one was lacking in production value

[@user-ej7we6ph3l]

That's 0.038 mph which is extremely slow. To put it into perspective the human walking pace is 2.5 mph.

[@behindflowers]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@kashsmith6181]

Patrick hasn't been the same since he started taking steroids.

[@tonmion]

kash smith 💀💀🤣💀💀

[@sngchannel9364]

oh no

[@mansoor7781]

Is this From SpongeBob right?? 😂

[@AgentTasmania]

But they're Asteroidea. Clearly that class name means 'without steroids'

[@kashsmith6181]

@@AgentTasmania He had a relapse.

[@FloatingSunfish]

To be fair, *_all_* starfish are terrifying.

[@edwige732]

Oh my god thank u, I thought I was the only one😭

[@andregray2361]

Especially the venomous crown of thorns starfish.

[@papabeardiscgolf1781]

;-; heyyy....it’s not weird That I really really like starfish- ;-; (Nah it is)

[@orionm4254]

@a wryytard asside from his stupidity, patrick star is the safest starfish to exist😂

[@Greyr4X]

The way their insides move Eeeeeeewww

[@Marcopolo9]

I was never creeped out by starfish until I found out that they can move, and learning how they eat

[@darkhayou]

mega starmie..

[@bobsagget823]

tummi cancer

[@larsmishima1399]

Toxapex

[@CrazzySaiyan]

Ayy a Pokémon fan ESSGETIT

[@sammysplanet9400]

@@CrazzySaiyan lol

[@yuanalcantara6578]

Its a pokemin joke

[@tapsars7911]

Three feet wide ??! That is simply monstrous !!

[@adamemac]

New narrator? I like her. That star fish is fascinating!! And over 3 ft wide?! Wow!

[@NatGeo]

Thanks, Adam! We're glad you liked our narrator for this video too.

[@netweed09]

You act as if you've met her in person or something,? and it's just a normal narration, nothing overly special

[@cessm8736]

can you please tell me what the crustacean is

[@samothythygreat]

netweed09 Why is there such an issue for someone to express appreciation for other people and what they do? Why does it bother you so much that other people compliment others?

[@internet_user975]

@@samothythygreat true

[@scouser2010ify]

This world is so amazing and diverse with life forms imagine the things we haven’t yet discovered

[@kevinb707]

2 years later this starfish is nearly extinct

[@scouser2010ify]

@@kevinb707 that’s so sad

[@flaminak7894]

Title and start of video: Sunflower Starfish is a “terrifying” predator! Later in video: *Shows it being prey to king crab*

[@commentcontrol7187]

terrifying to sand dollars and brittle stars

[@cman04]

You'll find these in cold water on the west coast of the U.S. I used to dive in Monterey Bay, CA, and would run into these beautiful star fish all the time. We would just call them "Sun Stars" for short. Also, that crab is called a Decorator Crab. They put organic material on their back, like barnacles, seaweed, and other plant life to camouflage. You can find more extraordinary sea life in cold water vs warm water in my opinion.

[@Pain_tami]

0:18 jumpscare warning

[@MattQrillz]

When it went towards the camera 0:16 i legit moved the phone from my face, it creeped me tf out

[@Joker-sy4xr]

Same 😂😂😂

[@vladimirrushkin4815]

Cthulhu?

[@rafflesmaos]

IA IA

[@iminsane84]

ia ia cthulu phtagn

[@loque69]

How to pronounce this word?

[@banzai2759]

It’s one of Cthulhu’s babies

[@antlanta]

loque69 cuh-thoo-loo

[@kazimhassan6409]

This is terrifying! I've never seen these scariest things in the world!

[@tobywilliams5630]

If humans can regrow parts of their bodies, pranks would be at a new level

[@johanindrapermana7328]

Starfish : moving 200 feet/hour Human : 0 feet/hour watching KZbin

[@user-hm9mj1hc3j]

Nat Geo, simply the best.

[@kamrunsamadi]

加藤みずっち

[@bennu547]

Wow. Starmie be brutal. No wonder why Misty was such a challenge

[@mrjones2721]

Starfish: have a ridiculous number of limbs Starfish: use none of those limbs to walk Starfish: grow hundreds of tiny limbs on the underside of their limbs to walk with

[@jangasser5366]

Everyday you can learn something new stunning about nature.

[@despacitodaniel801]

I love the music

[@BrightSideandDarkSide]

"Hey get out of my way I'm trying to locate a sleeping place"

[@Ryvucz]

Woah, thumbs up for the narrator, nice to see the follow through!

[@liwazamemon918]

Wow!

[@donaldstorm4959]

The sea star and other starfish in this video are absolutely brilliant and fantastic thank you so much for sharing this video Simply Amazing. DRS. Thank you happy holidays

[@deepspacekunal5468]

'Re-grow its arms', amazing, can we humans re-grow our limbs like arms or legs to understand and decode this creature natural process.

[@denemeuyesi1212]

Now we need a sea star horror movie

[@mindflayer7511]

1:10 what crab is that?

[@rubikabunkuru3291]

Puget Sound king crab

[@mindflayer7511]

@@rubikabunkuru3291 thx

[@caseyrose44]

How beautiful!

[@JeferekiYtOfficial]

This sun star is is terrific but it's beautiful and wow they can move fast to 3ft!

[@MartinXKid]

Funny I have an exam this morning about «Échinodermes» (French idk)

[@aliaziz2666]

very informative and intresting vid

[@Anonymoose]

Fascinating! I've never even heard of this creature! 200 feet per hour isn't exactly Olympic speed, but when the competition can only do 50 feet, guess who becomes lunch? LOL

[@Spore9996]

What is that crab? It's heavily armoured and looks awesome!

[@rubikabunkuru3291]

Puget Sound king crab

[@yacinegannouni860]

Best channel 😍

[@user-hm9mj1hc3j]

ever

[@vectorsigma6757]

jack kindrson You just found out about it? Shame.

[@haitamc5611]

BBC is better, their narrator is amazing, and they produced planet earth, the best documentary EVER.

[@rifqipratama3991]

Biggest crab vs biggest seastar

[@ThatCrazySylveonIsAtItAgain]

Patrick Star: If my friend Spongebob doesn't get his free lunch, THINGS ARE GONNA GET CRAZY!! (Summons this thing)

[@trogo3402]

It’s hard to believe that thing is an animal

[@atrelopian678]

Finally narration is awesome

[@nevansanchez6886]

0:17 starfish jumpscare

[@zilvoxidgod]

That was some bad editing

[@a.r.v.o.5698]

Amazing ⊙_⊙ I love this kind of videos, about animals ♡

[@itzzakshay1797]

Wow!!

[@ILikeTallMen]

Seeing that first shot of the videos with dozens of them everywhere creeped me out. they had never creeped me our before. Until I saw them just *everywhere*

[@wheng23nuyles88]

Beautiful starfish sunflower starfish beautifully

[@ninjasolarteam]

Double headed Patron: Somebody Saying Jellyfishing?!

[@maryjatkinson]

Amazing!

[@peterpalmato467]

Starmie, god of the seas

[@thechristianteen9167]

They just said these starfish can grow new selves from lost limbs if it has a significant portion of the central body. So dividing this starfish into 15 equal parts would make 15 different creatures

[@turkeyking1342]

You really got to wonder where this is, when a starfish is the fastest animal in its ecosystem.

[@makayla705]

Damn that's cool AF

[@memos5205]

wait 1:17 what ?? so its "cloning" himself?

[@JugularJohn]

Yup. Nature is freaky I tell you

[@ghoulking5652]

Beautiful Creature

[@ladenemayville5468]

Wow, how beautiful!! ❤❤❤

[@KUPHSER]

Crazy how if you cut one directly in half both half’s will then become a complete starfish.. creepy even

[@tylerxd2345]

Everyone:Bro its Patrick Me: Nah bro thats Vecnas vines

[@nazariahputri]

Amazing 😍

[@lookinforladies]

This creature os facinant

[@addn5594]

Ces animaux sont extraordinaires.

[@intellectualblackking162]

Dope af.

[@notkaitlyn5368]

Dear lord. This thing is absolutely terrifying.

[@Willlhelmvonmanfred]

He has 18 legs and he's also venomous but it's only from Crowd of thorns

[@somethingelsess]

So what I’m hearing is Deadpool as a starfish...

[@nevansanchez6886]

Patrick you got big

[@alexanderescobar6891]

Soooo cool!!!!

[@KristenHarmala]

It’s like the Pokémon, Starmie.

[@Boosted_willy]

Looking back at this video 5 years later make you think it this is even a real video.. todays search’s could never

[@joshuamoore2363]

Science tests take turns about starfish.

[@travionkemp9996]

Wow

[@albertgivinbirth1851]

That Sunflower Seastar Be Like: You Cant Touch Me Urchins Lmao

[@tacoguysean868]

Amazing

[@tanyathompson8687]

Woooooooooooowwwwwwww..... #mindblown

[@vectorsigma6757]

Tanya Thompson Really? This blew your mind? Boy...

[@renatomontaluisa1072]

Everybody is talking about Patrick but no one of the appereance of mighty Tomatoa in 0:49

[@hanrinch]

Instead of complain about the terrified look of sunflower does anyone aware of the crab that rip the sunflower’s tentacle? The crab is probably the most disgusting look creature i had ever seem in my life.

[@pennypay1]

Echinoderms have survived remarkably well, considering they don't have eyes or brains.

[@wearebackafteryears482]

Cute starfish

[@DT_Worlds_Strongest_Goth]

200 feet an hour??! Whoaaa! Slow down there, buddy!

[@akgul7065]

Oh God

[@bubbletea6235]

It creeps me out :(

[@immanuelweaver4522]

GO STARFISHES! YOU ROCK!

[@EyeoftheTiger1031]

This narrator woman 👩🏻 has the voice of an angel 👼.

[@ibanezzhernandez]

I love it.

[@ihaveabandonedthischannel9209]

Interesting

[@astarwarsfaniam2404]

Oh no sea cucumber!! 0:23 :-))

[@wtnb.e_]

Are you feeling it now Mr Krabs?

[@hollysaga]

That crab looks like a 1000 years old

[@muhammadismailshah1365]

Oh

[@simmeringpot]

Yo stop warning bout the poisonous stuff I'm trying to add a toxapex to my pokedex.

[@santimartin4362]

this looks like something Lovecraft would have written about. The scary thing is that it's real

[@falnica]

"3 feet wide"?, common, use normal units

[@dragoncarver287]

OK 36 inches!! LEARN TO CONVERT! 2.54 cm or 25.4mm per inch. 3.28 feet per meter or 39.25 inches

[@fardinairheyilikeyourvideo2393]

I love your mysterious of America and I watch all your videos I love flower star and titanic is well I love your mystery

[@NorhayatiA.H-vv8go]

omg

[@roseg41]

If it's that big how bloody big is that crab

[@Propain4eva]

Ah yes. Another reason I should never swim deep in the ocean

[@himanshuwilhelm5534]

This, is the sunflower sea star. it's realy pretty badass. whatch it run in fast motion.

[@LyalStxar]

Ultimate patrick

[@Casper50002]

I've never that before in my life

[@hrly.d5745]

7million is coming!

[@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904]

I hope people realize the video is sped up at times lol

[@pastelpinksparrow9436]

I like how the comments are old and simple