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rob_on_earth [jumpstation.co.uk] writes:

Stanford news article on a Nature Physics paper [stanford.edu] regarding how tiny starfish larvae employ a complex and previously unknown survival mechanism involving whorls of water that either bring food to them or speed them away to better feeding grounds.

There is a beautiful hand drawn image of the vortices at the top of the article but this YouTube video [youtube.com] showing the actual larvae swim and feed is like screen saver in places.

Nature is cool, evolution is weird.

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