Assertion: starfish | /r/CapableOf | use their tube feet
Facets:
value: to grip the prey
type: PURPOSE
value: in a process
type: MANNER
value: to move across a surface
type: PURPOSE
value: to open a bivalve
type: PURPOSE
value: to prey on bivalve mollusks
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Starfish also use their tube feet to prey on bivalve mollusks.
text: Instead it will use its powerful arms and tube feet to pull the two shells slightly apart and then eject its stomach into the gap so it can breakdown the soft tissue inside the prey and slurp it up, much like using a straw.
text: To eat bivalve mollusks, a starfish uses its tube feet to open shell halves.
text: The sea star also may use its tube feet to pry open a bivalve.
text: In a process that Dr. Pawson describes as ”rapid gluing and ungluing,” starfish can use these tube feet to move across a surface.
text: They will hunch over their prey and use their tube feet to simultaneously grip the prey and to clamp down onto the seabed to prevent any escapes.