Chocolate Chip Sea Star (Protoreaster nodosus)

[guppiecat]

This is a chocolate chip sea star.

Right.

Methinks early explorers really missed home cooking.

Originally posted at stories.starmind.org.

Comments

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

I find those adorable, including the anthropocentric naming.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

is it venomous? because it looks venomous as heck!

[guppiecat]

Nope. They're only dangerous if you're a sponge (or coral).

The "colourful is dangerous" rule of thumb doesn't work well when you're in a coral environment.