Young Woman Finds Living Sand Dollar, and It’s a Bit Unexpected

Young Woman Finds Living Sand Dollar, and It’s a Bit Unexpected
Jack Phillips
5/18/2016
Updated:
11/8/2017

A young woman found a living sand dollar and recorded it. The clip went viral again this week.

The video, as the uploader notes, shows the “difference between a live and a dead sand dollar.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uwOURjneWQ

A sand dollar is a type of burrowing sand urchin belonging to the order Clypeasteroida.

Their related animals include sea cucumbers, starfish, and sea urchins.

They have tiny spines all over their bodies that look like hair, and they help the animal move along the ocean floor.

In the clip, you can see the spines moving at around the 1-minute mark.

(H/T - Littlethings)
Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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