Starfish

[محمد ارسلان]

 

[محمد ارسلان]

Starfish

The starfish is a marine animal that is shaped like a star. Starfish vary in size and color and are found in all seas. The body of this creature is formed of a disk in the middle of which is an opening for the mouth, and from which stem five arms that are similar in length and size. The upper surface is darker than the lower. In its body it has a number of solid plates from which spines project, on which plants and dirt often get caught.
Hence, we find that the body of this animal is equipped with small organs like tweezers with which it keeps its body clean by picking up the things that get caught on its spines.
The starfish feeds on bivalve molluscs which are known as shellfish. It consumes them in a remarkable manner which is itself a sign of the existence of Allah, Most High, and His Mercy which encompasses all of creation. When the starfish finds a shellfish, it places it among its arms and bends its body over it. It attaches its arms to the shell of the mollusc, then the arms pull in opposite directions until the shell opens. The starfish is patient and tough; if it comes across a mollusc with a strong shell it keeps pulling for a long time until the mollusc loses its strength and opens its shell, as if defeated by its persistence and patience.
When the shell opens, the mollusc extends (averts) part of its stomach out through its mouth and encircles the mollusc, then it starts to suck the contents until it ingests them all.
[from "Scientific Miracles in the Oceans & Animals" by "Yusuf Al-Hajj Ahmad", published by Darussalam, 2010]

 

[محمد نعیم یونس]

Starfish

The starfish is a marine animal that is shaped like a star.

ویسے ستاروں کے پانچ کونے نہیں ہوتے۔ اس کی مثال سورج ہے جس کو ہم روزانہ دیکھتے ہیں آج تک ہمیں اس کا ایک بھی کونا نظر نہیں آیا۔
ماہرین سمندری حیات کو اس جانور کا نام بدلنے کا سوچنا چاہیے۔۔۔۔ابتسامہ۔۔۔۔۔۔