Learn about sea lilies

Sea lilies ( Endoxocrinus parrae ) bear this name because they resemble a flower that hangs on the ocean floor. However, according to US researchers, this is a echinoderm similar to sea urchins, capable of fleeing before the threat.

A video made of 430 meters deep seabed shows a sea lily separating from the flower stalk and 'running' thanks to the fringes on the wreath similar to thin feathers.

University of Michigan researcher Tomasz Baumiller has demonstrated several years ago that this seemingly fixed sea lily is actually capable of moving.

Filming images from a submarine revealed lilies moving at an unexpected speed: 3-4 centimeters in 1 second! They also demonstrate that sea lilies leave a fixed place to escape predators like sea urchins.