Great Galloping Crinoids: Lilylike sea animal takes a brisk walk

A video has caught an underwater animal, which looks like a flower, practically jogging along the ocean bottom.

BORN TO CRAWL. Stalked crinoids such as this Endoxocrinus parrae may not be stick-in-the-muds. New research shows movement as fast as 140 meters per hour. Baumiller and Messing

The stalked crinoid spends most of its time sitting and catching food with the flowerlike wheel of feathery arms that have earned it and its relatives the nickname sea lilies.