Assertion: starfish | /r/CapableOf | eat prey
Facets:
value: bigger than themselves
type: OTHER
value: before digesting them
type: TEMPORAL
value: by extruding their stomachs
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: To be able to eat a prey that is larger than its mouth opening, the starfish wraps its arms strongly around the clams or shells, and then jerks it open.
text: Starfish in particular will digest prey by extruding their stomachs through their mouths.
text: Starfish that don't have suction disks swallow prey whole and afterwards eject undigested parts.
text: Starfish with shorter arms are unable to do this, and instead extrude their stomach through the mouth into a gap in the shell, digesting the prey from within.
text: Then it pushes the stomach out into the shell and eats up the prey, and finally retracts the stomach back in through the mouth.
text: Starfish with short inflexible arms ingest their prey whole before digesting them.
text: Most starfish are carnivores, and they can eat prey bigger than themselves.
text: Starfishes can eat preys that are even bigger than these little sea stars’ mouth.