Beautiful Cyrene 5 - star tracker in action.

In support of http://startrackers.blogspot.com/.

Here's a short clip showing footsteps of a startracker from one end of Cyrene, finding the first Knobbly (No. 1 yellow tag) followed by a particularly large and sharp pointed knobbly at the far end of Cyrene facing downtown Singapore in the background.


Beautiful Cyrene 5 - star tracker in action from BeachBum on Vimeo.

What are Knobbly seastars?...and why should we track them?
See http://startrackers.blogspot.com/2008/05/what-are-knobbly-seastars.html

25Apr2008 - 2 stars on a collision course @ Cyrene

How 2 stars avoid a 'leg-on' collision...
A 4 legged Archaster typicus vs a 5-legged Protoeaster nodosus and some tiny hermit crabs scurring away. A daily occurence at a unique submerged reef near you!


Some useful links on Protoeaster nodosus a.k.a Giant Nodulated sea star, Horned sea star or Chocolate Chip sea star :-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoreaster_nodosus
http://www.wildsingapore.com/chekjawa/text/c631.htm

about seastars in general : http://www.wildsingapore.com/chekjawa/text/p610.htm
about starfish 'science' : http://www.vsf.cape.com/%7Ejdale/science/science.htm
how do starfish grow? : http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/art98/janstar.html