Do Brittle Stars eat fish?

[ChrisRD]

They set up a cage using their legs. In the dark a fish (or invert) looks to the cage as a protective place to sleep. Once inside the Star closes the legs and has the animal to consume at leisure.

That's sounds like my brittle star, he's always got all his legs up, unlike the serpent star that is usually feeling around the floor. And my damsel who never had a place he called home was always experimenting with hiding places.

Great info, thanks Jasen. Now I gotta get rid of him . . . .

FWIW, it was Guy who said that, not Jasen... :wink:

 

[Anonymous]

They set up a cage using their legs. In the dark a fish (or invert) looks to the cage as a protective place to sleep. Once inside the Star closes the legs and has the animal to consume at leisure.

That's sounds like my brittle star, he's always got all his legs up, unlike the serpent star that is usually feeling around the floor. And my damsel who never had a place he called home was always experimenting with hiding places.

Great info, thanks Jasen. Now I gotta get rid of him . . . .

Ummm, not legs up, legs down like a tent.