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Sea Star

Wildlife Wonders

Today is Raccoon Day!

Live Programs

Eastern Screech Owl
Dragonflies
Today is Spider Day!
Discussion with Senator Christine Cohen
Today is Pond Day!
Today is Eastern Box Turtle Day!
Lobster Molting
Today is Black Bear Day
Wadsworth Falls State Park
Quinnipiac River State Park
Baby Water Snake Release
Osborne Homestead Museum
Phragmites
After the Storm Park Tour
Today is White Oak Day!

Vocabulary Words

  • Echinoderms – Urchins, Sea Biscutts family
  • Madreporite – a light colored calcareous opening used to filter water

Fun Facts!

  • Most commonly have five legs but some have up to forty legs
  • Fish have scales and gills, Sea Stars don’t have scales or gills.
  • Reach adult size in 15 days
  • Live up to 35 years
  • Sea Stars can’t breath in the air
  • In decline in Long Island Sound
  • Found in every ocean