From Bizarre Beasts.
Welcome back to Bizarre Beasts: Season Zero, where we are remastering episodes of Bizarre Beasts that were originally created for Vlogbrothers. This episode, Feather Stars! The ancient sea creature that has been on this planet for 500 million years.
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Sources:
https://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/saltwater-science/the_freaking_awesome_feeding_habits/
Feather stars are the closest thing we have to walking plants
http://tolweb.org/Crinoidea
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/calypso
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Crinoidea/
https://www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/learn/echinodermata/crinoidea/
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0914199107
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Images:
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/feather-star-seascape-stock-footage/1435538256?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-of-underside-of-sea-star-time-lapse-stock-footage/1258881608?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/mouse-pointer-arrow-cursor-clicking-stock-footage/1458788610?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/green-and-blue-feather-star-crinoids-clinging-to-corals-stock-footage/1379406144?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/feather-star-stock-footage/1227192121?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/feathered-star-waving-its-arms-in-maldives-stock-footage/1327793503?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/the-ocean-and-the-corals-colorful-tropical-fish-stock-footage/1166085384
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/crinoid-fossil-close-up-stock-footage/641539824?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/feather-star-swimming-stock-footage/1411806871?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/feather-star-walking-stock-footage/1411008845?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/feather-star-crawling-stock-footage/1411191132?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/feather-star-swimming-stock-footage/1411806871?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/feather-star-walking-stock-footage/1411008845?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/feather-starfish-stock-footage/578754682?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/feather-starfish-stock-footage/578739782?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/staghorn-coral-formation-great-barrier-reef-stock-footage/1758651091?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/sea-lily-plant-undewater-of-philippine-sea-stock-footage/1565387345?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/black-sea-crinoids-night-on-reef-in-search-of-food-stock-footage/994124840?adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/crinoidfossil-royalty-free-image/155419726?phrase=crinoid&adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/pyrite-crinoid-fossil-isolated-royalty-free-image/537379646?phrase=crinoid+fossil&adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/florometra-serratissima-is-a-species-of-crinoid-or-royalty-free-image/1456886179?phrase=feather+stars&adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/fossil-crinoids-royalty-free-image/1937465572?phrase=crinoid%2Bfossil
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/underwater-sea-life-royalty-free-image/1066896972?phrase=feather+star&adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/fossil-collection-royalty-free-image/182662931?phrase=crinoid+fossil&adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/red-pencil-urchin-on-the-coral-reef-royalty-free-image/1432684391?phrase=pencil+urchins&adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/fossils-02-royalty-free-image/1650856083?phrase=crinoid+fossil&adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/crinoids-royalty-free-image/1455767658?phrase=crinoid+fossil&adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/an-open-featherstar-in-the-philippines-royalty-free-image/1207549554?phrase=feather+stars&adppopup=true
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/feather-star-royalty-free-image/503025875?phrase=feather+star&adppopup=true
https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/168249536
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0914199107
https://youtu.be/Tg_hpAJ7tzE?si=XRiFljtsGYAsx9ab