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The sea potato, aka common heart urchin, is a sea urchin found in sub-tidal regions in temperate seas the world over. They prefer to be buried in the sandy substrate of the ocean floor. These critters are abundant and not listed on IUCN’s Red List of Endangered species. But it […]

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The sand dollar, aka sand cake, cake urchin, or sea biscuit, has been collected as a beach souvenir for the longest time. You’ve probably seen them adorning a wicker basket in someone’s beach-themed bathroom. But did you know that sand dollars look quite different when alive? For instance, the white […]

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It’s the hedgehog. They are small, they have short legs, a cute, cone-shaped face, and they roll into an adorable little ball of spikes when threatened. These critters get their namesake due to the pig-like squeals, snorts, and grunts they make while foraging for food in bushes and hedges. There […]

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The sea urchin is an easily recognized sea creature that lives around ocean areas with plenty of algae and sea plants. Urchins belong to a group of animals called echinoderms. There are 1,000 known species of sea urchin distributed throughout the world’s oceans. They are surrounded by a bony outer […]

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