CreatureCast - Echinoderm Skin from starfish Watch Video
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Description: Karen Connolly, from Casey Dunn's Invertebrate Zoology (Biol 0410) course at Brown University, tells the story of how echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins, and their relatives) can change the stiffness of their skin at will.nnMusic by Scott Joplin (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Joplin/Frog_Legs_Ragtime_Era_Favorites/09_-_scott_joplin_-_original_rags).nnVisit http://creaturecast.org for more stories about the unexpected world of Biology.
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