Crinoids can Run?

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As someone who is interested in alien physiology and what biomechanics has to say about ways of getting around, I was pleased and astonished to discover that Sea Lillies, a type of Crinoid, can run. It seems that this has also astonished a number of marine biologists who thought this species of animal could only slowly creep along.

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Yeah, the animated gif and .mov at that site show one moving at a (relatively) astonishing clip.

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