A picture of ‘starfish’ with a ‘big butt’ is giving people a good dose of laughter as it is compared to SpongeBob’s Patrick.
The shot features a reddish-pink sea creature has been clung to a blue wall with what looked like ‘giant glutes’.
A Twitter user @babyshoujo shared the picture with the caption, ”Saw a thicc a** starfish at the aquarium today.”
The photo has been taken at Aquarium of the Pacific, in California has been retweeted more than 173,000 times and has received of 639,000 likes.
Some people compared the creature to SpongeBob SquarePants’ Patrick. While others were enjoying the picture and making jokes on it, Nate Jaros, curator of fish and invertebrates at the aquarium had decided to explain to people what this creature actually is.
He explained that the image showed neither a ‘starfish’ nor a ‘butt.’
He told USAToday, The sea creature is actually a ”sea star.”
”Sea stars are actually invertebrates or animals without backbones and not fish despite people commonly referring to them as starfish.”
”In this photo, the sea star is on a vertical rock face with two of its arms holding the rock and two arms hanging in a relaxed position.”
”Sea stars sometimes relax their arms such as when they are eating.”
”Since the sea star is oriented vertically, gravity is causing its internal components to slump.”
He described sea stars as ‘keystone species’ who others depend on.
”Two ways people can help sea stars in the wild this summer are by not purchasing dried – or dead – sea stars, which can sometimes be found in souvenir shops, and being respectful of them if you see them at the beach such as being mindful of where you step and not trying to move or pick up the animals,” he added.