Great Galloping Crinoids: Lilylike sea animal takes a brisk walk

Great Galloping Crinoids: Lilylike sea animal takes a brisk walk
A video has caught an underwater animal, which looks like a flower, practically jogging along the ocean bottom. The stalked crinoid spends most of its time sitting and catching food with the flowerlike wheel of feathery arms that have earned it and its relatives the nickname sea lilies. Scientists had known for decades that stalked crinoids sometimes move - but barely. They had been clocked at speeds no greater than 0.6 metres per hour. Now, however, a video from a submersible dive off Grand Bahama Island reveals movement as fast as 140 metres per hour.

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The Arkansas City Traveler Online, KS -… start for the Golden Bears (8-4), who went into the fourth quarter up 35-14 after Lynch’s 35-yard scoring run and Jackson’s exceptional 22-yard diving TD catch …

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