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Sand Dollars

Sand dollars are a flat burrowing urchin. They are shaped much like a disc, and usually have a star shape on the top. Sand dollars are often found in beach side gift shops.

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How do you open a sand dollar?

you smash it with a hammer or you can't real open it

Is the sand dollar an echinoderm?

Horizontial or vertical, depending on where you cut it.

Can you put sand dollars in aquarium?

Yes ofcourse you can have them in your saltwater aquarium. You have to provide some space in your tank with good sand and feeding sand dollars is easy, for they mostly eat suspended organic matters and other fish wastes.

What happens if you are poked by a sand dollar?

Nothing. A sand dollar would not poke you unless you are the one to pick it up. Sand dollars have little hand-like extensions on the bottom of them. They do not cause pain when you touch them, but sand dollars are fragile and alive, so be sure to be careful when handling them.

Are broken tan and fuzzy sand dollars found on shore dead?

If they are tan and hard they are most likely dead. Sometimes they might be slightly alive if they are fuzzy and have some color.

How do sand dollars eat a person in the ocen?

Sand Dollars are about the size of a grown human hand when fully grown. They cannot eat humans.

Are sea biscuits and sand dollars the same?

More convex, short-spined sand dollars are called sea biscuits. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | 2008

Do sand dollars live in the water?

A sand dollar can not see for it has no eyes.