How long starfish live out of water

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The thin tissue of papulae allows gasses to move through it very easily, whether it is dissolved oxygen or carbon dioxide by a process called diffusion across the surface gradient.

This allows the exchange of gases in the dissolved form when underwater. That is by taking in dissolved Oxygen and giving out dissolved Carbon dioxide. As of now, when they are out in the open air they cannot exchange gases and as a result, they suffer from intoxication, usually with carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide.

This causes them to die. However, there are many that can only hold their breath for not more than 30 seconds and then they die. A vast majority of these species lies in the coral reefs and a lot of them in the deep ocean beds. There are other species as well that can last for hours that is between 2 to 28 hours out of the water.

Just for example, Sunflower Star Pycnopodia helianthoides is a kind of sub-tidal starfish from the Pacific sea that can last for about 1 to 2 hours on an average. They are known to survive out of water for about 28 hours but not all of the individuals will survive.

It depends on their breath-holding stress tolerating level. No, it is not at all suggested that you take a starfish out of the water. The first reason for not to do such an act is because, if you bring them to the open-air they will die within 3 to 5 minutes due to carbon dioxide intoxication. Even without taking them out of the water a lot, the constant handling, taking them out and putting them in the water many times, stacking them, putting them together, or placing them on top of each other as if they were a toy for our creativity, are conditions outside the way of life of these animals, which can also cause them to death.

They may also die out of mental stress that is the stress that can occur due to rough and wear and tear type handling of the starfish. This can also occur due to the change in the environment as the starfish is now out of the water.

It is also to be noted that they are very soft creatures and are born with intricate and fragile arms and tiny body structures. And yes, starfish have a great regeneration capability to regenerate their lost arms. And also, do you know that, in spite of its regeneration capabilities, even the slightest touch or poke may hurt or damage them.

However, if that starfish have lost some of its body parts as one of its arms to predators then it can regenerate its lost part and can come back to life.