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While walking on the beach, you’ll probably run across a sea creature on the shore. Jellyfish, starfish, sand dollars and the occasional octopus wash up on South Carolina beaches all year round.
The story describes the narrator walking along the beach early one morning in the pre-dawn twilight, when he sees a man picking up a starfish off the sand and throwing it into the sea. The narrator is observant and subtle, but skeptical; he has seen many "collectors" on the beach, killing countless sea creatures for their shells. Some excerpts:
Here’s what you should do if you encounter a jellyfish, starfish or octopus on a South Carolina beach.
The common starfish, common sea star or sugar starfish (Asterias rubens) is the most common and familiar starfish in the north-east Atlantic. Belonging to the family Asteriidae , it has five arms and usually grows to between 10–30 cm across, although larger specimens (up to 52 cm across) are known.
Archaster typicus is a species of starfish in the family Archasteridae. It is commonly known as the sand star or the sand sifting star but these names are also applied to starfish in the genus Astropecten. It is found in shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific region.
For decades, scientists theorized a starfish didn’t have heads. A new study finds that they might, in fact, only have heads. A Study Says Starfish Are Basically Walking Heads, and Literally ...
Oreaster reticulatus, commonly known as the red cushion sea star or the West Indian sea star, is a species of marine invertebrate, a starfish in the family Oreasteridae. It is found in shallow water in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
Most of the trees have ornaments made of shells, driftwood, even starfish. "Our tree (on the 50th Street beach) is a true celebration of nature," Lisa Walsh of the OCNJ Queens wrote in an email ...