1. Starfish
By Alice Quigley

2. Did you know that if you gently turn over a live starfish, you’ll see it’s tube feet wriggling back at you! (it looks like a wave!) sea stars are beautiful animals that can be a variety of colours, shapes and sizes, although all resemble a star. While some appear smooth, they all have spines covering their upper surface and a soft underside. 
That’s a Cushion starfish

4. More facts…
While some appear smooth, they all have spines covering their upper surface and a soft underside. 

5. Cool stuff…
Although they are named "starfish", they are not related to fish at all. Starfish belong to the group of marine invertebrates which also include sea cucumber, sea urchin and sand dollar.

6. Soooo many facts…….!
Did you know….
Their star-like shape is the reason why they are named starfish or sea stars!
Sea stars with forty arms are called “sun stars”!
And did you know that Starfish vary in size. They usually have five to ten inches in length and weigh up to 11 pounds.

7. super sea star!!!
Another cool thing is they have the ability to regenerate missing parts of their body if they get half eaten!!! But it is not always fast to regenerate… sometimes it may last up to a year!

8. Size: Crown of thorn starfish can grow up to 50 centimetres!
And The cushion starfish can grow up to 50 centimetres wide!

9. Gender: did you know starfish have the ability to change gender, whenever they like in their lifetime!!! That’s a great disguise!

10. Diet… most sea stars eat on bivalves, such as
Diet… most sea stars eat on bivalves, such as.. Clams, mussels and oysters. Others eat cucumbers, sea urchins, shrimp, tubeworms, fish but they also eat algae and dead animals from the sea floor.

11. That’s it for now…. Lets hope we see some starfish at the rocky shore!