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Lugworms eat sand -Not exactly- Lugworms do feed off little particles of sediment, like sand, but they aren't actually eating the sand- their mouth filters out the edible stuff- like bacteria, microorganisms and detritus, and leaves behind the bigger particles, like the actual grains of sand

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