The leather star is a cute starfish known for its white and orange mottled look. However, these starfish are more interesting for the smell they produce than their unique coloration.
These starfish produce a strange, garlic-like smell that can be similar to leather. The leather star only makes this smell when they reproduce, making them easy to spot and identify.
Leather stars like to stay several hundred feet below the water′s surface, thankfully. These creatures can stay about 330 feet below the surface of the water, making them — and their pungent odor — easy to avoid.