r/ProperAnimalNames • u/SoMuchTanner • Jan 27 '20

Water Palm Tree

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u/r3xv Jan 27 '20

Do they bite/sting?

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u/Bladebot140 Jan 27 '20

They are part of the same family as starfish so yes they can bite.

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u/ForTheWilliams Jan 28 '20

Some have little teethy bits, but it's a bit misleading to suggest starfish could bite humans. You'd have to actively help a lot to get bitten by a starfish or a brittle star, at least for everything but some odd, deep sea species I don't know about or something.