conservation

[dora]

I picked up starfish while I spent 3 months on Marco Island after our house fire. They were already washed up on the beach and half dead. I took them back and wet them in a small flat dish to get them limber again, then I took them out of the water and spread their arms out in a really dry place and I just let them air dry. In a couple days they were nice and dry with very little smell. I simply leave them in a drawer or if they're on display I keep them out of the sunlight, and just be careful with them and they will last.