Saturday, September 04, 2004

LoneStar Fish

Apparently if a starfish's limbs fall off, not only does it grow another one back, but the fallen limb grows into a brand new starfish. How unfeasibly weird is that? If only starfish were useful for something! Anything! Imagine if you got hold of a cheese grater? You could breed them at an exponential rate. Actually how do they breed? Maybe they get into fights? Going round the sea taunting sharks so they'll be ripped to pieces and propagate the whole ocean. Thinking about this whole idea though raises an interesting philosophical question: What happens to the soul of the starfish? Does it become schizophrenic? Is it aware of being in two places at the same time? Does its consciousness schism and form two separate identities? Are they telepathic? If they can communicate with each other, perhaps we could start using starfish as very cheap, all natural WalkieTalkies! That would be even cooler than Bravestar...