Assertion: brittle star's arm | /r/HasProperty | removed
Facets:
value: (figure 1d(e))
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: I have heard that if a starfish's arm is cut off, it will grow back but I was also told that the arm that was removed will grow into another starfish.
text: Similarly, when two adjacent arms were removed, the subjects continued to row without decrease in speed or ability by assigning the missing limbs as ‘hindlimbs’; they continued to use the remaining arms as the centre and forelimbs (figure 1d(C)).
text: However, when the configuration changed and the two arms adjacent to a remaining arm were removed, the subjects reverted to ‘reverse rowing’ using the two remaining neighbouring arms as forelimbs, with the third trailing posteriorly (figure 1d(D)).
text: The strategy persisted after the trailing third arm was removed (figure 1d(E)).
text: When three arms were removed so that no adjacent arms remained, the arm orienting the direction of movement swung to both left and right to pull the body forward, while the other remaining arm took a minimal role in propulsion (figure 1d(F)).