LIFE STORY OF THE SEA STAR

Red knob sea star (Protoreaster lincki). This starfish grows up to 30 centimetres in diameter and has numerous tubercles located along its five arms.

ISSUE_NO = 2297A NO_OF_ITEMS = 6 COMMENTATOR = Leonard Martin ITEM_NO = 3 DESCRIPTION : The Great Barrier Reef is still undergoing attack by the Crown Of Thorns starfish tht is eating away at the coral. CARD_FILE = 99162 CARD_TITLE : CROWN OF THORNS SHOT_LIST : GV under water a shoal of fish swimming round a frogman searching for the Crown Of Thorns starfish: GV under water frogman swimming around a large section called "Swains Reef" (part of the Barrier Reef): TS along reef, showing the Crown Of Thorns starfishing clinging to the coral: SV frogman having speared a starfish: SV ditto: SV a cluster of Crown Of Thorns floating in water: CU crown of thorns starfish clinging to coral. INDEX : Animals, Countries - Australia, Water, Water Sports MATERIAL : Issue DATE_SUBD = 00/00/0000

Close-up of solitary Oreaster reticulatus aka red cushion sea star resting in sandy Caribbean seabed. Dominican Republic.

1960s: Fish swimming in water. Starfish on bottom.

<p><b>--SUPERS</b>--</p>\n<p>File </p>\n<p></p>\n<p>Scientists discover starfish not only have a head, but they're basically just one big head.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--VO SCRIPT</b>--</p>\n<p>EVER WONDER WHICH PART OF A STARFISH IS THE HEAD - OR DOES DO THEY EVEN HAVE A HEAD AT ALL?</p>\n<p>SCIENTIESTS HAVE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS-- AND A GROUP SAYS THEY'VE FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT.</p>\n<p>LOOKING AT GENE SIGNATURES... THEY'VE DETERMINED THAT A STARFISH IS MOSTLY JUST ONE BIG HEAD.</p>\n<p>THE FOUND OVER TIME, STARFISH EVOLVED TO LOSE THEIR BODIES -- AND BECOME ONLY HEADS.</p>\n<p>THE LEAD AUTHOR SAID FOSSILIZED STARFISH ANCESTORS APPEAR TO HAVE A TRUNK.</p>\n<p>NOW, HE SAYS, THEY'RE BASICALLY JUST A HEAD CRAWLING AROUND.</p>\n<p>THE RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED BY STANFORD UNIVERSITY, U-C BERKELEY, AND THE CHAN ZUCKERBERG BIOHUB IN SAN FRANCISCO.</p>\n<p>THE STUDY WAS PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY IN THE JOURNAL "NATURE."</p>\n<p><b>-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----</b></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><b>--KEYWORD TAGS--</b></p>\n<p>KICKER TALKER EASY TO TEASE OCEAN CREATURE ANIMAL FUN FUNNY SCIENCE RESEARCH SEA STAR</p>\n<p></p>

Fishing resort in Seattle. Children at a dockyard fishing. They angle for anything they can hook during the fishing competition. One silver dollar for each of the first four hundred fish caught. Boy shows a small fish that he caught. Baby sleeping on boys lap. Boy and girl holding starfish and crab stand next to man with trophies in hand. Location: Seattle Washington USA. Date: May 24, 1956.

Colorful starfish on coral reef

UNDERWATER TRAVELLING SHOT through seaweed in murky water, CS of sunflower starfish and two common starfish, one purple and one orange on cement block on seafloor, CSs of two more sunflower starfish on cement block and on seafloor.

Insects placed in preserving gel to crystallize them

Full title reads: "Starfish - Down to the sea with microscope and Movie Camera. Photography by the famous Pathe Micro-Cinematic Process. <br/> <br/>Seascape shot. Intertitle reads: "The starfish lives a contented life and often dies a natural death." C/U of a starfish. Water is splashed over it. "The starfish grows tough whiskers (these are 100,000 times bigger than life)". C/U shot of part of the starfish. "He wears his lungs on the outside." C/U of lungs of starfish. Various shots of parts of the starfish - its suction cups, its arms, spikes, pincers, etc. The starfish is prodded with a pencil and a brush. <br/> <br/>Note: this was originally stored in can EP 141 and was a Pathe Pictorial item.

Havana, Cuba - c/s starfish - sea star - in hand of man - tropical beach - ocean - waves - sea creature - echinoderm- sea life

Starfish And Coffee

CU HOLDING STARFISH. OPEN STARFISH & CLOSED STARFISH. MAN PRIES OPEN STARFISH, TAKES OUT SHELL FROM CLENCHED STARFISH

Incredible high definition underwater footage taken along the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia. Footage is silent.

CU fish and starfish.

Children visit LI Shellfish cooperative. Children on field trip pull shellfish out of tanks and pet them- scallop shells, horseshoe crabs, starfish, etc.

01:00:00:00 WS people petting stingrays at the Monterey By Aquarium/ CU sting ray swimming under water/ MS various people reaching in to pet stingray (4:09) / 01:04:10:26 MS aquarium workers talking to kids/ CU hands holding fuzzy crab/ CU hands holding a starfish/ CU little girl holding a starfish/ WS workers talking to people, showing different sea life/ (4:09) / 01:08:22:01 CU bird standing on sand pile/ MS various birds standing on sand pile inside aquarium including Bleck-necked stilt, Western gulls, long-billed curlew/ CU birds preening/ Zo to WS birds on sand pile inside aquarium/ MS woman looking at exhibit/ MS school of fish inside tank/ MS people looking at fish and birds inside aquarium/ VS people looking at outer banks exhibit, fish under water, birds (6:23) / 01:14:52:25 WS people at edge of manta ray petting tank/ WS fish tank, CU large fish inside tak, ZO to WS tank/ WS inside aquarium gift shop/ VS people looking at books and goods for sale inside gift shop/ (4:59) / 01:19:59:03 WS inside darkened room, pan to area with overhead aquarium/ VS fish swimming around over head/ VS lit jellyfish/ WS sillouettes of people looking at lit jellyfish in a tank/ VSl jit jellyfish in blue water (9:40) /

Colorful starfish on coral reef

UNDERWATER CS of sunflower starfish on seafloor.

No title. One frame of a sea creature. "We also know the Latin name of this Great Starfish, but we're here to amuse you not to educate you." reads an intertitle. C/U of a starfish moving around at the bottom of the sea (or probably a tank.) C/Us of various sea creatures. "The next Curiosity is the Echinodermata - try and read this title out loud." C/U of a round creature with lots of spikes. "The Haliotis and the Starfish are like a tourist and a motor cop - natural enemies. Can you imagine a belligerent starfish?" C/U of a Starfish and a Haliotis having a fight. <br/> <br/>Note: section from a "Walter Futter's Curiosities" film, probably bought in by Pathe for reuse.

underwater footage - Scuba diver w/ giant sun star - starfish - diver w/ large metridium anemones

MCU SEA OTTER EATS STARFISH LEG, CHEWS LEG OFF STARFISH - IN WATER