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The Purple Sea Urchin's diet consists of plants, animal matter, including algae, dead fish, sponges, decaying matter, mussels, barnacles, and kelp.
The Purple Sea Urchin is the prey of crabs, sunflowers stars, snails, most birds, fish, sea otters, and humans. The Purple Sea Urchin is actually a delicacy in some countries.
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What colors are sea urchins?
Sea urchins are purple, red, orange, yellow/orange, and a mix of red and purple.(Sea Urchins come in many shapes sizes and colors.)
How do sea urchins survive?
Sea Urchins eat the Hold-fasts of kelp with five self sharpening teeth. For more details, see the link below.
Do sea otters eat sea urchins?
Yes they smash them on their chest with stones and eat the insides, which is also eaten by humans. If you ever eat Uni at a Sushi restaurant that is sea urchin
Ho do sea urchins reproduce?
sea urchins can either reproduce sexually or asexually sea urchins can either reproduce sexually or asexually
Where do sea urchins live?
Sea urchins live in the sea, rock pools, kelp forests, and coral reefs
How many purple sea urchins are there?
there are excatly 3million purple sea urchins
What fish eat purple sea urchin?
There are several animals that eat sea urchins. Sea otters, sunflower stars, snails, crabs and some species of fish predate upon sea urchins.
What colors are sea urchins?
Sea urchins are purple, red, orange, yellow/orange, and a mix of red and purple.(Sea Urchins come in many shapes sizes and colors.)
What color are urchins?
Sea urchins are purple, red, orange, yellow/orange, and a mix of red and purple.(Sea Urchins come in many shapes sizes and colors.)
Where do purple sea urchins live in nature?
Purple sea urchins live in close association with kelp forests. Kelp is their primary food.
How are sea urchins and kelp forests connected?
sea urchins eat kelp.
Do purple sea urchins have an exoskeleton?
They do, which keeps the sea urchin strong and not brittle.
Are sea urchins predators?
No. Sea urchins are primary consumers and only eat sea weed, algae and kelp.
What animals do sea otters eat?
Sea Urchins
Do baby purple sea urchins get fed?
They get no parental care at all.
How do sea otters eat sea urchins?
Sea Otters find sea urchins on the ocean floor and break it open with a rock. It will then eat everything except the spines (the insides).
What do green sea urchins eat?
Green Sea Urchins eat plankton, algae, small fish, mussels, sponges, and brittle stars.
