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Viewers on the live stream, meanwhile, chatted excitedly about unusual species, including a sea star that resembled Patrick Star from the cartoon Spongebob Squarepants.—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026 Every few minutes Baya would dive down to point out a foot-long sea cucumber, or a cluster of blue, black, and yellow sea stars scattered on the seabed.—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026 The Touch the Bay exhibit invites hands-on encounters with sea stars and anemones, while the River Otter habitat showcases playful North American river otters.—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026 Measuring roughly 55 feet long and 18 feet wide, the float featured a dense seascape of corals, fish and oversize sea stars, some spanning 4 feet in diameter.—Gavin J. Quinton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sea star