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his organs. Tear one in two, the missing parts will grow on each 
half, and there will be two Star Fishes instead of one. Tear off 
the arms, they will all grow, and even a solitary arm will grow a 
new set of arms and a body all complete. 
But there is one way of killing a Star Fish instantly and com- 
pletely, and that is to throw him into fresh water. He is dead in a 
second. So the problem with naturalists who want perfect speci- 
mens, is how to get him into fresh water before he gets out of 
salt water ; for if he is out for an instant, he is very apt to throw 
himself to pieces before you can wink. 
Some of the Star Fishes — especially of the kind called 
Brittle Stars, which have long slim arms starting from a round 
body — are very pretty objects for a cabinet 
