Wet Paycheck;113075 said:
That is not true, starfish can live if you take them out of water. Some species of stars can live 5 days out of water, they would not be able to survive in tidal pools if that were true. Hundreds of years ago fishermen who caught starfish would chop them up in anger, then throw them back into the water, all the while not realizing that each piece would grow an entire new starfish.
Starfish can live if THEY move out of the water themselves. It gives them time to close off their vascular system.
If they are REMOVED manually from the water, it will PROBABLY result in their death.
Linkias are not the most robust species of starfish either.