A sunflower sea star can walk on 15,000 tiny feet — ChillScroll

An orange sea star lifting one arm to show rows of pale tube feet

A sunflower sea star can walk on 15,000 tiny feet

Rows of small tube feet cover the underside of a sea star. A sunflower sea star can coordinate as many as 15,000 of them to glide across the seafloor.

One star, fifteen thousand very small steps.

Source · NOAA Ocean Service ↗