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Underside of starfish 'walking' across aquarium in U.S. museum

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Underside of starfish 'walking' across aquarium in U.S. museum
Underside of starfish 'walking' across aquarium in U.S. museum

Timelapse video captures the underside of a horned sea star moving across aquarium glass in a Miami museum

SHOWS: MIAMI, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (MARCH 23, 2020) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT) (JULIETTE HORN/ @FROSTSCIENCE - NO RESALE /MUST ON SCREEN COURTESY JULIETTE HORN/ @FROSTSCIENCE) (MUTE) 1.

TIMELAPSE VIDEO SHOWING UNDERSIDE OF STARFISH PROTOREASTER NODOSUS, ALSO KNOWN AS HORNED SEA STAR, "WALKING" ACROSS AQUARIUM GLASS STORY: Juliette Horn from the Frost Museum of Science in Miami, Florida captured the underside of a starfish "walking" across the aquarium glass in a timelapse video.

"Most people only get to see the top of the star, so I decided to film him walking for our social media team," Horn, who takes care of a starfish in the museum, told Reuters.

The video, posted online on April 2, showing a Protoreaster nodosus starfish, also known as the horned sea star, went viral across different social media platforms. (Production: Oleksandr Ieltsov)

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