YES! You read it right, Chocolate Chip star fish is the common name of our adopted animal whereas the scientifical name is called Protoreaster nodosus.
The reason we choose starfish is simply because of the curiosity of our team to explore something different. Thus, we will spend our entire semester observing and get inspired by it!
The reason we choose starfish is simply because of the curiosity of our team to explore something different. Thus, we will spend our entire semester observing and get inspired by it!
Thanks to Google map, we manage to locate an awesome aquatic center which is located right beside Subang airport named Aquatic International SDN. BHD. where we manage to obtain this extraordinary sea creatures here.
So you might be wondering why do they named in such an odd way as "Chocolate Chip star fish". This is because their upper body is filled with chocolaty thorn like knobs which function as a meant to deter predators, by making them difficult to be swallowed WHOLE!
Thus their name is originated based on their look. Interesting thing about this is, it can also be applied to Biomimetics!
So we hope that this little interesting fact will help us in attracting you to join us through our upcoming Biomimicry journey and stay tune for more interesting facts and discovery!
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| Aquatic International SDN. BHD. |
OUR STARFISH!
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| They just chillin in the tank~~ |
So you might be wondering why do they named in such an odd way as "Chocolate Chip star fish". This is because their upper body is filled with chocolaty thorn like knobs which function as a meant to deter predators, by making them difficult to be swallowed WHOLE!
Thus their name is originated based on their look. Interesting thing about this is, it can also be applied to Biomimetics!
So we hope that this little interesting fact will help us in attracting you to join us through our upcoming Biomimicry journey and stay tune for more interesting facts and discovery!
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