Starfish goes nova?

[Nonmouse]

I have (well, had) a nice large pink paddle starfish. A week or so ago, however, i noticed that he was spending a lot of time curled up in the corner of the tank. Upon closer inspection, it turns out that it's only his disconnected legs that are in the corner. :: They look healthy (individually) and are active, chasing after pellets of food- although I don't know what they're doing with it, since each leg only seems to have a small whitish lump at the base.

Anybody know what's likely to be going on? Am I going to end up with six very unsymmetrical starfish, or are the legs just too stupid to know they're dead, and are just going through the motions?

 

[gweston]

Fish tank version of a zombie apocalypse?

Interesting to see what happens with them though. Very odd indeed!

 

[NeverlosT]

Hmm, I knew starfish could regenerate but I thought whichever leg got the mouth was the one that lived. I didnt know they could all live. Maybe they can all regenerate mouths?

Your starfish doing it on its own is a neat trick, my Melanarus helped relieve my starfish of its legs...