touch some form of water life

While visiting BC for the first time, I went to Hornby Island, where my uncle had a cottage. We were walking along the beach, when we came across a small pull with 3 starfish in it. I bend down to touch that creature, all i can say is they are hard and that they will never let go of that rock they are stuck to. This isn’t my picture but i thought i would like to show what a star fish looks like in Canada