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Marine scientists have shared nail-biting footage of a scallop about to be eaten for lunch by a hungry sea star. 

“This video begins with a bay scallop (Argopecten irradians) sitting peacefully, peering out with its dozens of deep blue eyes,” says Nipam Patel, Director at the . “Then along comes a predator, Forbes sea star (Asterias forbesi), crawling forward on its tube feet.”

The video shows the  using its  – tiny organs on the underside of the starfish that help it move and eat – to creep slowly towards the scallop. Step by tiny step, it pulls itself onto the scallop until one arm has reached all the way to the front of the shell. .