I guess I was using "head" wrong. Actually it would be the body. If you cut all the legs off, what would be LEFT is about the size of a pencil eraser (probably a #2 soft lead pencil) (g). Andrew, I'm not suggesting that you actually cut the legs off. (g). Larry
At 08:49 AM 10/18/01 -0500, you wrote: >Sounds like yours is a different species than mine. Mine has legs about 6" >long, the body is 1 1/2" to 2" dia. & the whole bottom side (body & legs)is >very spiny. Not sure what you are calling the heads? > >HTH >Chris > >-----Original Message----- >From: Larry J. Geguzis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 8:40 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: serpent stars? > > >One of mine stays on the bottom and the other one stays mid-way up my >mountain of LR. Both stay hidden most of the time with just a half-inch of >one tentacle sticking out. The bodies are smooth and the heads are smaller >than a pencil eraser. The only spines are along the sides of each tentacle >and are used to grasp the pellets I drop in. I'm still unsure as to whether >there is a different varitey that is "brittle" and more dangerous to reef >mates or whether these are the beasties that I should be thinking about >removing from my little piece of ocean. >Any KISS clarification would be appreciated (KISS = keep it simple >sweetheart) (g). > >Still not giving up on the anemone. > >Thanks, >Larry > > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> ><HTML> ><HEAD> ><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> ><META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> ><TITLE>RE: serpent stars?</TITLE> ></HEAD> ><BODY> > ><P><FONT SIZE=2>Sounds like yours is a different species than mine. Mine has legs about 6" long, the body is 1 1/2" to 2" dia. & the whole bottom side (body & legs)is very spiny. Not sure what you are calling the heads?</FONT></P> > ><P><FONT SIZE=2>HTH</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>Chris</FONT> ></P> > ><P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Larry J. Geguzis [<A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";>mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] </A>]</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 8:40 AM</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: RE: serpent stars?</FONT> ></P> ><BR> > ><P><FONT SIZE=2>One of mine stays on the bottom and the other one stays mid-way up my</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>mountain of LR. Both stay hidden most of the time with just a half-inch of</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>one tentacle sticking out. The bodies are smooth and the heads are smaller</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>than a pencil eraser. The only spines are along the sides of each tentacle</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>and are used to grasp the pellets I drop in. I'm still unsure as to whether</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>there is a different varitey that is "brittle" and more dangerous to reef</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>mates or whether these are the beasties that I should be thinking about</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>removing from my little piece of ocean.</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>Any KISS clarification would be appreciated (KISS = keep it simple</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>sweetheart) (g).</FONT> ></P> > ><P><FONT SIZE=2>Still not giving up on the anemone.</FONT> ></P> > ><P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks,</FONT> ><BR><FONT SIZE=2>Larry</FONT> ></P> ><BR> > ></BODY> ></HTML> ________________________________________ LEAVING THE LIST ================ To stop receiving messages you will need to send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a command to remove you from the list. The list manager controls who belongs to the list. For example: -------------------------------------------------------------- From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <not needed> UNSUBSCRIBE --------------------------------------------------------------
