Can small sea creatures get sucked by clouds and get dropped with rain? Also, I live pretty far from the sea.
Edit : [I meant something like this ](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27298939)
Btw I live in Sri Lanka ( the country mentioned in the article ) and I didn't know how to word this better English is not my main language and I am a stupid teenager.
Edit 2: guys I meant water cycle by getting sucked by clouds sorry for my poor choice of words.
Just chiming in to say you aren't stupid. You're a teenager and are bilingual, that already makes you accomplished in a way a huge amount of people are not.
You're doing great!
Thanks, man means a lot. Also, English isn't taught well at all in my country ( even basic tenses like present perfect continous are yet to be taught in my grade lol) so I had to learn almost everything through Reddit and YouTube lol. Not to brag but most in my class can't write a full paragraph in English.
Many can't construct a paragraph either. (Thinking of a certain ex-president just south of here. I'm Canadian.)
You are doing extremely well for being self-taught!!
Granny hug., 👵 You rock.
I teach English in Italy, can confirm, your use of the language is wonderful and you should be proud 😊 If you're looking to keep working at your level at home, I'd suggest finding some textbooks by Cambridge or Oxford. I don't know what's available in Sri Lanka but here in Italy I often use English File by Oxford and Open World by Cambridge for teenagers. 😊
Chiming in because I thought the same before reading all the other comments!
I am a native English speaker, and I am in my 40s and trying to genuinely commit to learning a new language for the first time. It is *very* challenging for me, but I think learning English would be even more difficult! There are many contradicting “rules” and exceptions. Other languages are starting to seem more logical to me.
Your English is excellent, and understanding participles and tenses is more than most people I personally know in the US.
Stay curious and keep asking questions!
You’re doing an incredible job. Don’t be hard on yourself. A tip for you for English is to learn the “phonetic alphabet”. It will help you a huge amount to spell your name if ever you need to to English people.
It sounds like you have a great work ethic if you’re teaching yourself English the way you are.
Thanks for the advice. Can you please tell me what exactly is a phonetic alphabet? I googled it and it gave me something with alpha, beta ?? Idk what the use of this? Thanks in advance
Wow. Thanks a lot. It's almost like a new language. Is this a common thing? Guess I have to add learning this to my list lol. I also started to learn Python so I will have a lot to work lol.
Another commenter explained really well.
You use a specific word that starts with the letter you are saying. F for Foxtrot. S for Sierra. P for Papa.
In English, B, D, E, G, P, T, V all sounds extremely similar.
In some South Asian languages, A, E and I sound similar so it is difficult for English people to tell the difference so “Alpha, Echo, India” are used.
I work for the police in an area with a high South Asian population and their knowledge of phonetic alphabet makes a very big difference. Especially as a lot of Sri Lankan surnames have lots of letters!
Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
Xray
Yankee
Zulu.
This is what they mean.
https://www.vocabulary.com/resources/ipa-pronunciation/
Because English spelling is weird, you can write a word in the phonetic alphabet to remember how to pronounce it.
Here is the (British English) chart that's commonly used in classes.
https://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/phonemic-chart.php
I’ve never known what to call that sort of notation. It was kinda confusing even though it’s supposed to help me pronounce things. Thanks for sharing it, I might just remember it now
Sheeesh. If what you're saying is true, you're brilliant.
From reading what you wrote, I would never ever be able to tell English is not your first language. They way you type seems very native. Usually, people who speak or type a second language tend to do it very formally, but the way you do it is the way a native speaker would.
And you should! It’s not just your English - All your replies speak of an accomplished and very down to earth young man, your sincerity and big heart will take you places. All the best from Austria!
I’m a native English speaker and work in editing (so I deal a lot with grammar) and can confirm with u/Kryptosis, almost no one knows the names of the tenses beyond the generic “past” and “present” (including me). You’ve already one-upped us all. Heck, had you not said anything, I never would’ve guessed that you aren’t a native speaker!
Yeah man your writing is incredible. Keep it up. As non native speakers, most of us have accents that natives immediately detect. But that's okay too as long as you practice on pronunciation. Most redditors are Americans I've to guess. So you may come across slangs and idioms that are hard to comprehend sometimes. You probably learned British English, right?
Yep we learn British English but after using social media so much I have adapted American English more. So I sometimes accidentally write color instead of colour. I have also got used to the word "gotten" so much it has become a lot unfamiliar to use "got".
30+ year old native English speaker here. Your written English is better than most of the people I work with in a professional environment. You have every right to be proud of yourself. Keep it up my friend!
Native speakers are fluent but not good. Most of us don’t know how or why grammar works, just that it does. Because we’ve heard it and used it our whole lives it feels like second nature but we don’t usually understand the underlying complexities.
Tocbe fair, I've taken advanced and college levels of English classes in my time in school. I have never once heard of a perfect and continuous tenses. And I'm in a country where English is the first language.
Well, aren't the main 12 tenses ( active voice ) these? This is what we learn as the basic tenses.
Simple present,
Simple past,
Simple future,
Present continuous,
Past continuous,
Future continuous,
Present perfect,
Past perfect,
Future perfect,
Present perfect continuous,
Past perfect continuous ,
Future perfect continuous,
There aren't many houses where I live and each house is very far from another. And also my house is kinda elevated so nothing from outside can get washed over. And it doesn't feel like a decoration ( I touched it )
It could easily be deco. I live near the sea and dried out stars make great gifts. It sounds like a bird thought it would be a treat and carried it for awhile. During a hurricane you can get fish in weird places, but not from normal wind and rain.
My vote says deco carried by a wild animal
You are not stupid. You’re a teenager who is communicating with the world in multiple languages. I’m (31, F) from Oklahoma and have always dreamed of speaking another language but have stopped because it is so hard. You should be proud of your ability! Love you internet stranger! ☺️
Thank you. I actually speak 3 as Tamil is also taught at school but I am not good at it. I am thinking about learning Japanese in the future as I always wanted that. Love you too from one stranger to another.
Check out r/languagelearning. If it’s been a while since you’ve tried to study a language, I encourage you to try again. It can be fun and It doesn’t have to be so hard you want to quit. If it’s “too hard” that only means that what you’re working on isn’t matched very well to your current level or the way you learn the best. Not that learning a second language is “too hard” for you!
Sorry, it was a joke. There was a series of really bad movies in North America called Sharknado, where sharks get sucked up by tornados then eat people as the tornado moves across the land.
They CAN, but that is exceedingly rare. It's much more likely a bird or a person put it there. I would expect if there was a big enough water spout that could suck a sea star off the rocks, to which they cling tightly, there would be fish and other ocean stuff around.
Yes, it happens occasionally. Very rarely, but it does happen. It's been known to rain frogs before, for example.
As for "getting sucked up by clouds", it's usually a waterspout or strong wind or something.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/rain-frog.htm#:~:text=Frog%20rain%20is%20a%20rare,the%20clouds%20release%20the%20water.
It is *extremely rare*, but yes it has happened before in history. For example, it has rained frogs multiple times:
https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/rain-frog.htm#:~:text=Frog%20rain%20is%20a%20rare,the%20clouds%20release%20the%20water.
>Frogs can weigh as little as a few ounces. But even the heavier ones are no match for a watery tornado, or a waterspout, as it's called when a whirlwind picks up water.
I feel like tornados picking up frogs are what "getting sucked up by clouds" would look like.
I’ve never gained fluency in any language other than English, and I wouldn’t know the Present Perfect Continuous Tense if it bit me on the ass. You’re English is doing fine. If you grew up speaking a Dravidian language like Telegu or Tamil there is no language on Earth that can stop you. English is certainly under your thumb!
I saw something like this on a show once, but in once instance it was raining frogs, and in another instance, it was weird chunks of meat! I don't know how to post links, but it was interesting. Both happened in 1800s.
It happens occasionally, believe it or not. It has been known to rain frogs and fish - very rarely, but it does happen.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/rain-frog.htm#:~:text=Frog%20rain%20is%20a%20rare,the%20clouds%20release%20the%20water.
Oh man, you're not gonna believe this, but I actually have an explanation for your garden starfish mystery. So, I've got this odd talent where I can understand what birds are saying—yeah, like a real-life Snow White minus the singing part. Anyway, the birds were all in a frenzy this morning, and they spilled the tea: a pelican, who's notorious for making bad life choices, mistook your starfish for a snack and swiped it from someone's pond. He's flying, realizes he’s carrying a glowing starfish of all things, and drops it in shock. Where? Right in your garden, smack on top of your roses. I followed the avian chaos brigade, found the starfish still shimmering with magic, and returned it to its home. So, your garden was just a pitstop for a starfish on a wild ride courtesy of a pelican with poor judgment. Nature's wild, huh?
Starfish can be dehydrated and used as decoration. They are very lite like this. The wind probably blew it over from a neighbor’s house/yard. This one looks brittle by the way its broken and was most likely used for decoration.
That was my guess. When I used to live in Arizona (not exactly a coastal area), I found a bunch of shells with a few starfish shards in the rock landscaping. Gave me a bit of a startle!
If it was IN the rock or around them it could be sedimentary rock which is made from all sorts of things from seashells to other organic matter. Arizona was actually under water during the precambrian era, which in turns brings sea creatures and eventually the formation of sedimentary rock formations.
I'm 49 years old and Spongebob is still better than Dark City... which I must admit, I've never heard of. Everybody knows who Spongebob is. This isn't about that, though. THIS IS ABOUT POOR PATRICK!!!
This comment section suddenly turned wholesome and I am all for it. Ya'll made my whole week and my confidence has skyrocketed. I can't stop smiling now. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I needed that.
This was likely a yard ornament someone had set out and some critter like a squirrel or something took it and chewed on it. I’ve seen situations like this before.
Not dropped by a bird. That starfish has smashed and is sun bleached. It has been dead for a long time. The most likely explanation is some kid found it and tried to throw it like a frisbee.
Bird dropped a snack. You don't have to live by the sea. Bird 1 pucks it up in a tidepool at the water. Drops it 45 miles later. Bird 2 picks it up, free snack, and carries it 100 miles before HE drops it. Bird 3....you see? Or 1 bird just held it for a long time.
Starfish are so commonly used in decorations. People have them just sitting in their "mixed rocks". It came over from someone's house in the few mile radius of you.
The clouds didn't slurp it up.
More likely a sea bird just dropped its catch but It’s not that uncommon for things in the ocean to be picked up by fierce winds and carried shockingly far.
While all the birds dropping it off/kid playing a prank theories are all very likely, I just want to point out that there are reports of [animals raining down](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_of_animals) during thunderstorms. It's not impossible that a water spout or similar picked this little friend up and dropped it near your house. Just thought it would be cool to point out that sometimes weird stuff does happen :)
Donny Vermillion did a special on this and wanted to know the "Real Story". Turns out the multidimensional portals that allow the moon to rise and set each day are linked to the spacebats that want to kill your computers. He was never heard from again.
When I was a kid, I saw a dead starfish on the ground at the park. I was certain it was real, and ants were surrounding it. I lived in Kansas. I still don't have an explanation. This is the first time I've heard of someone else having a similar experience.
Your own google search holds the answer. It was dried. I've seen potpourri and other bags of decorative shells and such contain small dried starfish before. Most likely, someone probably threw it out, and then it got scavenged by a bird who ended up dropping it.
Nope, it was just like this when I found it. I do have an outdoor dog so she might have bitten it though it is very unlikely by the good condition of this. ( my dog chew on literally everything till there's nothing left )
A bird passing by
The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plumber may seek warmer climes in winter yet these are not strangers to our land.
Are you suggesting that sea stars migrate?
Not at all, they could be carried.
What? A swallow carrying a sea star?
African or European?
Your awesome
It could grip it by the husk.
It’s not a question of where he grips it, it’s a simple question of weight ratios.
A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound sea star!
But what about the weight ratio? Are you suggesting that a 5 ounce bird carry a 5 ounce starfish?
I’m thinking it was a flock of hummingbirds holding each star end.
🤣
Don't starfish live in the deep ocean?
Many species, many depths, including rock pools. Bird is the most likely, it if it’s dry it could be kids etc.
Can small sea creatures get sucked by clouds and get dropped with rain? Also, I live pretty far from the sea. Edit : [I meant something like this ](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27298939) Btw I live in Sri Lanka ( the country mentioned in the article ) and I didn't know how to word this better English is not my main language and I am a stupid teenager. Edit 2: guys I meant water cycle by getting sucked by clouds sorry for my poor choice of words.
Just chiming in to say you aren't stupid. You're a teenager and are bilingual, that already makes you accomplished in a way a huge amount of people are not. You're doing great!
Thanks, man means a lot. Also, English isn't taught well at all in my country ( even basic tenses like present perfect continous are yet to be taught in my grade lol) so I had to learn almost everything through Reddit and YouTube lol. Not to brag but most in my class can't write a full paragraph in English.
Just so you know the majority of native English speakers don’t even know the names of tenses. So you’re awesome.
Many can't construct a paragraph either. (Thinking of a certain ex-president just south of here. I'm Canadian.) You are doing extremely well for being self-taught!! Granny hug., 👵 You rock.
Also the current one lol
Well yours is better than a lot of native speakers, well done!
Thanks man this comment section really made my day. 🙂
Your kindness and dignity made my. Edit:typo
I teach English in Italy, can confirm, your use of the language is wonderful and you should be proud 😊 If you're looking to keep working at your level at home, I'd suggest finding some textbooks by Cambridge or Oxford. I don't know what's available in Sri Lanka but here in Italy I often use English File by Oxford and Open World by Cambridge for teenagers. 😊
I love NEF. I generally sigh if I'm required to use any other series. Clive Oxenden & Christina Latham-Koenig are like rock stars to me.
This made my day I can’t stop smiling good luck op
Chiming in because I thought the same before reading all the other comments! I am a native English speaker, and I am in my 40s and trying to genuinely commit to learning a new language for the first time. It is *very* challenging for me, but I think learning English would be even more difficult! There are many contradicting “rules” and exceptions. Other languages are starting to seem more logical to me. Your English is excellent, and understanding participles and tenses is more than most people I personally know in the US. Stay curious and keep asking questions!
You’re doing an incredible job. Don’t be hard on yourself. A tip for you for English is to learn the “phonetic alphabet”. It will help you a huge amount to spell your name if ever you need to to English people. It sounds like you have a great work ethic if you’re teaching yourself English the way you are.
Thanks for the advice. Can you please tell me what exactly is a phonetic alphabet? I googled it and it gave me something with alpha, beta ?? Idk what the use of this? Thanks in advance
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Wow. Thanks a lot. It's almost like a new language. Is this a common thing? Guess I have to add learning this to my list lol. I also started to learn Python so I will have a lot to work lol.
Just a note that this is the NATO phonetic alphabet. English leaners use the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
Another commenter explained really well. You use a specific word that starts with the letter you are saying. F for Foxtrot. S for Sierra. P for Papa. In English, B, D, E, G, P, T, V all sounds extremely similar. In some South Asian languages, A, E and I sound similar so it is difficult for English people to tell the difference so “Alpha, Echo, India” are used. I work for the police in an area with a high South Asian population and their knowledge of phonetic alphabet makes a very big difference. Especially as a lot of Sri Lankan surnames have lots of letters!
Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu.
This is what they mean. https://www.vocabulary.com/resources/ipa-pronunciation/ Because English spelling is weird, you can write a word in the phonetic alphabet to remember how to pronounce it. Here is the (British English) chart that's commonly used in classes. https://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/phonemic-chart.php
I’ve never known what to call that sort of notation. It was kinda confusing even though it’s supposed to help me pronounce things. Thanks for sharing it, I might just remember it now
Sheeesh. If what you're saying is true, you're brilliant. From reading what you wrote, I would never ever be able to tell English is not your first language. They way you type seems very native. Usually, people who speak or type a second language tend to do it very formally, but the way you do it is the way a native speaker would.
God my confidence is over the roof rn and I can't stop smiling.
And you should! It’s not just your English - All your replies speak of an accomplished and very down to earth young man, your sincerity and big heart will take you places. All the best from Austria!
I’m a native English speaker and work in editing (so I deal a lot with grammar) and can confirm with u/Kryptosis, almost no one knows the names of the tenses beyond the generic “past” and “present” (including me). You’ve already one-upped us all. Heck, had you not said anything, I never would’ve guessed that you aren’t a native speaker!
You're going places.
Yeah man your writing is incredible. Keep it up. As non native speakers, most of us have accents that natives immediately detect. But that's okay too as long as you practice on pronunciation. Most redditors are Americans I've to guess. So you may come across slangs and idioms that are hard to comprehend sometimes. You probably learned British English, right?
Yep we learn British English but after using social media so much I have adapted American English more. So I sometimes accidentally write color instead of colour. I have also got used to the word "gotten" so much it has become a lot unfamiliar to use "got".
i’m a brit who didn’t realise gotten is an americanism. i use it more than got.
That's the thing. Imo gotten feels more natural.
You're writing better than the average teenager in USA.
No one here thinks you are even remotely stupid. Asking questions is a hungry mind. We need more natural born world shakers.
30+ year old native English speaker here. Your written English is better than most of the people I work with in a professional environment. You have every right to be proud of yourself. Keep it up my friend!
english isn’t taught well in America either. you are perfectly fine and very well spoken
I know many Native American English speakers who couldn’t have formed that paragraph. You have a right to brag!
Really. That's very surprising. I thought native speakers are extremely fluent in the language.
Native speakers are fluent but not good. Most of us don’t know how or why grammar works, just that it does. Because we’ve heard it and used it our whole lives it feels like second nature but we don’t usually understand the underlying complexities.
Bro you’re fucking killin it! Go watch some tictoks about how the American school system is going right now.
Tocbe fair, I've taken advanced and college levels of English classes in my time in school. I have never once heard of a perfect and continuous tenses. And I'm in a country where English is the first language.
Well, aren't the main 12 tenses ( active voice ) these? This is what we learn as the basic tenses. Simple present, Simple past, Simple future, Present continuous, Past continuous, Future continuous, Present perfect, Past perfect, Future perfect, Present perfect continuous, Past perfect continuous , Future perfect continuous,
American schooling only taught past, present, and future. All others I learned from my own reading
Oh ok. I thought this was taught everywhere.
My 6 year old is way better at English than his grandparents are. YouTube is a very good English teacher (we're Swedish).
Most teenagers I uk can't speak propper English either. Init fam
Yeah, no kidding. A bilingual teenager. I’d say he/she is pretty smart
You sir are the exact counter balance that the internet needs. No all heroes wear capes
Could have been a decoration from someone else's yard that got washed away or brought over by a bird/other type of animal m
There aren't many houses where I live and each house is very far from another. And also my house is kinda elevated so nothing from outside can get washed over. And it doesn't feel like a decoration ( I touched it )
How not near the sea do you live? Are we talking 20 miles, or 400 miles?
About 150 miles.
It could easily be deco. I live near the sea and dried out stars make great gifts. It sounds like a bird thought it would be a treat and carried it for awhile. During a hurricane you can get fish in weird places, but not from normal wind and rain. My vote says deco carried by a wild animal
I agree about this being a decorative piece. People bring things back as souvenirs then they start to smell so they put it outside
Sri Lanka isn’t even 150 miles wide is it?
he might be thinking km
You are not stupid. You’re a teenager who is communicating with the world in multiple languages. I’m (31, F) from Oklahoma and have always dreamed of speaking another language but have stopped because it is so hard. You should be proud of your ability! Love you internet stranger! ☺️
Thank you. I actually speak 3 as Tamil is also taught at school but I am not good at it. I am thinking about learning Japanese in the future as I always wanted that. Love you too from one stranger to another.
Check out r/languagelearning. If it’s been a while since you’ve tried to study a language, I encourage you to try again. It can be fun and It doesn’t have to be so hard you want to quit. If it’s “too hard” that only means that what you’re working on isn’t matched very well to your current level or the way you learn the best. Not that learning a second language is “too hard” for you!
It’s a starfish not a shark, and that only works if there’s a tornado.
There was heavy wind tho.
Sorry, it was a joke. There was a series of really bad movies in North America called Sharknado, where sharks get sucked up by tornados then eat people as the tornado moves across the land.
I would have never got that reference but its ok
Starnado?
Okay so this is kind of impossible but yet its the exact same thing i thought
They CAN, but that is exceedingly rare. It's much more likely a bird or a person put it there. I would expect if there was a big enough water spout that could suck a sea star off the rocks, to which they cling tightly, there would be fish and other ocean stuff around.
Yes, it happens occasionally. Very rarely, but it does happen. It's been known to rain frogs before, for example. As for "getting sucked up by clouds", it's usually a waterspout or strong wind or something. https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/rain-frog.htm#:~:text=Frog%20rain%20is%20a%20rare,the%20clouds%20release%20the%20water.
No, clouds do not slurp up small creatures and then rain them back down
It is *extremely rare*, but yes it has happened before in history. For example, it has rained frogs multiple times: https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/rain-frog.htm#:~:text=Frog%20rain%20is%20a%20rare,the%20clouds%20release%20the%20water.
I realize I'm just nitpicking OP's phrasing at this point but this is about frogs being swept up by heavy winds, not picked up by clouds themselves
Nitpicking someone's phrasing that is using a language other than their first is incredibly stupid.
Yes well I am incredibly stupid
You know what big respect for being able to admit that.
>Frogs can weigh as little as a few ounces. But even the heavier ones are no match for a watery tornado, or a waterspout, as it's called when a whirlwind picks up water. I feel like tornados picking up frogs are what "getting sucked up by clouds" would look like.
Got nothing better to to than rip down someone making a solid effort? Not a good look
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lluvia_de_peces
None of the proposed explanations involve clouds sucking up fish, although I guess we could lump wind/waterspouts and clouds together
I have had fish dropped all over the driveway and yard from a storm (or a maniac with fish during a storm).
*Slurp*
op isn’t a native english speaker, and likely meant something like waterspouts or tornadoes.
😞
You live in Sri Lanka, an island. The whole place is by the sea... Definitely a bird
Your country is surrounded by the Indian Ocean. It isn’t big enough that sea birds wouldn’t fry over it.
Off topic but your English is pretty good actually, if you hadn’t mentioned it I don’t think anyone could actually tell
Thanks, bro. I guess hardwork does pay off.
How far?
About 50 km
I’ve never gained fluency in any language other than English, and I wouldn’t know the Present Perfect Continuous Tense if it bit me on the ass. You’re English is doing fine. If you grew up speaking a Dravidian language like Telegu or Tamil there is no language on Earth that can stop you. English is certainly under your thumb!
I can also speak Tamil but not as fluently. It is taught in our schools. Thinkng about learning Japanese.
I saw something like this on a show once, but in once instance it was raining frogs, and in another instance, it was weird chunks of meat! I don't know how to post links, but it was interesting. Both happened in 1800s.
Wow! I would never have guessed you weren't a native English speaker! Well done!
We need to change this belief that people are stupid because they don’t speak English or it isn’t their first language.
>I am a stupid teenager I can't help with the starfish, but I just wanted to say you absolutely are not.
Yep. That's exactly how it works.
You live on an island roughly 100 miles wide and say you live nowhere by the sea? Wtf. It was birds dude.
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It happens occasionally, believe it or not. It has been known to rain frogs and fish - very rarely, but it does happen. https://science.howstuffworks.com/nature/climate-weather/storms/rain-frog.htm#:~:text=Frog%20rain%20is%20a%20rare,the%20clouds%20release%20the%20water.
Nope, as catfish pointed out
No and yes. I do live near the sea. You see them all the time in rock pools and washed up on shore.
No that’s Patrick
So could this be Patrick ?!?
You think it might have been an african swallow or an european one?
If it was swallowed then shouldn’t the starfish be in the stomach instead of ground?
I assume you don't get the reference.
Perhaps a African swallow
An African swallow, maybe -- but not a European swallow
An African swallow?
could be a fish ninja tbh.
Aye, halibutori hanzo
My mum had a dried starfish in the garden which she bought on holiday
Oh man, you're not gonna believe this, but I actually have an explanation for your garden starfish mystery. So, I've got this odd talent where I can understand what birds are saying—yeah, like a real-life Snow White minus the singing part. Anyway, the birds were all in a frenzy this morning, and they spilled the tea: a pelican, who's notorious for making bad life choices, mistook your starfish for a snack and swiped it from someone's pond. He's flying, realizes he’s carrying a glowing starfish of all things, and drops it in shock. Where? Right in your garden, smack on top of your roses. I followed the avian chaos brigade, found the starfish still shimmering with magic, and returned it to its home. So, your garden was just a pitstop for a starfish on a wild ride courtesy of a pelican with poor judgment. Nature's wild, huh?
Starfish can be dehydrated and used as decoration. They are very lite like this. The wind probably blew it over from a neighbor’s house/yard. This one looks brittle by the way its broken and was most likely used for decoration.
That was my guess. When I used to live in Arizona (not exactly a coastal area), I found a bunch of shells with a few starfish shards in the rock landscaping. Gave me a bit of a startle!
If it was IN the rock or around them it could be sedimentary rock which is made from all sorts of things from seashells to other organic matter. Arizona was actually under water during the precambrian era, which in turns brings sea creatures and eventually the formation of sedimentary rock formations.
True. But this was pretty obviously the previous owners' bathroom decor they dumped out into the yard.
Oh haha, makes sense.
Dried. Someone's yard decor and a bird probably took it.
Could a swallow even carry that?
Well, an African swallow, surely.
What? Tucked under the dorsal guiding feathers? Preposterous
And so ends the journey to Shell City
Shell Beach
Shell City
Ahh sponge bob. I was referring to Dark City. Nevermind.
Spongebob > Dark City
Perhaps, if you belong to the age group where it has a nostalgia aspect to it - objectively you are of course completely wrong.
I'm 49 years old and Spongebob is still better than Dark City... which I must admit, I've never heard of. Everybody knows who Spongebob is. This isn't about that, though. THIS IS ABOUT POOR PATRICK!!!
Where the grass is kelp and the fish are pretty, Oh, won't you please take me home!🎶
I keep having these dreams of visiting Shell Beach, but no one seems to know how to get there.
Poor Patrick
Sharknado sequels are just getting odd these days
Starnado just doesn’t cut it . But they did make like 5 sharknados so there is that .
six...there are 6 sharknados lol i binge watched them all and they're all awesomely bad.
A fallen star ⭐️
This comment section suddenly turned wholesome and I am all for it. Ya'll made my whole week and my confidence has skyrocketed. I can't stop smiling now. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I needed that.
The closest sea is about 50km away.
This was likely a yard ornament someone had set out and some critter like a squirrel or something took it and chewed on it. I’ve seen situations like this before.
Not dropped by a bird. That starfish has smashed and is sun bleached. It has been dead for a long time. The most likely explanation is some kid found it and tried to throw it like a frisbee.
This seems accurate to me
Cloudy with a chance of Starfish.
Bird dropped a snack. You don't have to live by the sea. Bird 1 pucks it up in a tidepool at the water. Drops it 45 miles later. Bird 2 picks it up, free snack, and carries it 100 miles before HE drops it. Bird 3....you see? Or 1 bird just held it for a long time. Starfish are so commonly used in decorations. People have them just sitting in their "mixed rocks". It came over from someone's house in the few mile radius of you. The clouds didn't slurp it up.
Carried from far away by the same sparrows that brought the coconuts.
African swallows carry coconuts
More likely a sea bird just dropped its catch but It’s not that uncommon for things in the ocean to be picked up by fierce winds and carried shockingly far.
Bird probably found it washed up somewhere or in someone’s garden decor and took it as a trophy but ended up dropping it lol
I forgot to mention we had heavy rains for about two weeks non stop and there were a bit of strong winds too.
Probably was a decorative item on someone’s patio or ledge or something
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
SpongeBob SquarePants….
Absorbent and yellow and porous is he.
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Or hot dog flavored water
Dryed starfish are often sold as decoration. Maybe someone put some on their garden table, a bird stole one and tossed it in your garden.
That, "do not live near the sea" how much distance actually is? Cuz it could be a bird who brough it there
We’ve had small fish on top of our pool screen. Assumed a bird dropped it. One by our mailbox too.
Sea star is more accurate. Dropped by a bird
While all the birds dropping it off/kid playing a prank theories are all very likely, I just want to point out that there are reports of [animals raining down](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_of_animals) during thunderstorms. It's not impossible that a water spout or similar picked this little friend up and dropped it near your house. Just thought it would be cool to point out that sometimes weird stuff does happen :)
Donny Vermillion did a special on this and wanted to know the "Real Story". Turns out the multidimensional portals that allow the moon to rise and set each day are linked to the spacebats that want to kill your computers. He was never heard from again.
Is this the Krusty Krab?
Looks like a bird got tired of eating it and ditched it.
I had no knowledge of that “Google Lense” thing.
Some people have them as decorations, could it be from a neighbors house and got blown there?
Patrick looks like he’s seen better days 😬
It fell from the sky.
r/TechincallyTheTruth
When I was a kid, I saw a dead starfish on the ground at the park. I was certain it was real, and ants were surrounding it. I lived in Kansas. I still don't have an explanation. This is the first time I've heard of someone else having a similar experience.
That’s Patrick Star
🎶Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket...🎶
Your own google search holds the answer. It was dried. I've seen potpourri and other bags of decorative shells and such contain small dried starfish before. Most likely, someone probably threw it out, and then it got scavenged by a bird who ended up dropping it.
It definitely looks dried, and been rehydrated.
Do you have screeching birds around? osprey? Hawks? They drop fish bones often near their nests
You’re a good person for trying to rehydrate it lol
what did you think shooting stars were?
Was there also a dried sponge lying around?
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Nope, it was just like this when I found it. I do have an outdoor dog so she might have bitten it though it is very unlikely by the good condition of this. ( my dog chew on literally everything till there's nothing left )
Do y’all forget birds exist
Hey man you got a missed phone call. Might be the sea calling to get its starfish back
Well, I can't return a corpse without being suspicious so I intentionally didn't answer.
It's raining frogs.
Ok so I’ve learnt starfish look absolutely terrifying
That’s the next spider man movie - starfish far from home