Ancient Beauty

The feather star is from a 200 million year old lineage of ocean creatures. These animals have numerous arms that are capable of regrowing themselves if lost to the

jaws of a hungry fish, which is probably why they have been so successful throughout the years. They are thought to be less affected than corals to the global trend in warming sea temperatures, but if the diversity of coral reefs is lost, then their food sources are also lost.

Photo taken in Zanzibar by Vanessa Lovenburg Ngoteya.

Price: 500, 000 TZS