Facts: The Sand Dollar

Quick facts about this flattened, burrowing sea urchin. The sand dollar (sea biscuit, Clypeasteroida, sea cookie). Sand dollar facts! Watch a sand dollar move across the sand.
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[@bubsq.400]

THESE THINGS ARE ALIVE?! I JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE A TYPE OF ROCK WTF?!

[@zidaneoum6161]

Me to

[@emilylopez8616]

Me too!!!

[@ikeelu85]

I'm dead😂

[@-NotAvaRoblox-]

I accidentally killed one 😭😭😭💀

[@mscarolinecutie]

😮 OMGGGGG😮ME TOOOOOO😮

[@UteMaz]

Interesting and good to know. I also heard, that if you see an alive Sand Dollar upside down, you can safe them by simply turning them, so they can dig themself into the sand.

[@temsters8806]

awww

[@mjremy2605]

Good to know, thanks! SAFE THEM is poor English. Try this: 'MAKE THEM SAFE BY...' 'DIG THEMSELF' is poor English. Try this: 'DIG INTO THE SAND'.

[@GermaphobeMusic]

@@mjremy2605 "Save them" would be less awkward, and their comment already says "into the sand"

[@Dakiniwoman]

I had no idea Sand Dollars were so beautiful in motion... I have found a lot of their skeletons on Vancouver Island beaches.

[@cleocarter]

How to threaten me: - With a roach - With a sand dollar (new addition!)

[@krawlerreceptor4163]

“Okay ma’am that’ll be 12.56 for the meal..” “Do you accept s a n d d o l l a r s ?”

[@bedebe1]

Nice jokes

[@cajunasian165]

Teeheehee

[@aithanleeom5152]

Nigga this ain't naruto.

[@nickmoore8108]

lol this comment is so fucking lame xD

[@okpunky]

😂😂😂😂

[@Rosalindagarcia81]

They are kinda cute🥺🥺✨

[@nheils]

Me picking it up for the first time: AAAAAAAAAAH *throw it away as far as possible*

[@Highqualitydelta]

@@nheils Y E E T

[@outrundoubtrun-lemonadeart682]

@@Highqualitydelta F R I S B E E W E E E E E

[@M-L-kk8vf]

How

[@bedebe1]

They're creepy

[@bugjams]

I always just thought they were coral or something, like did anyone see these as a kid and really think they were ever alive? I mean, it _makes sense_ they're living animals, but it just seems so weird too.

[@GameShowFan9001]

Coral are alive as well

[@avocadothecat]

Corals are also Animals btw...

[@bugjams]

@@avocadothecat I mean... yeah, but they're not alive as we usually think of living things. I could've worded this better. I just thought sand dollars were like non-moving, filter-feeding creatures like coral. I didn't know they had fleshy bits and moved and preyed on food while alive.

[@avocadothecat]

@@bugjams fair

[@brandonfoley7519]

​@@bugjamstrees are alive

[@jamesryder8305]

Yeees, homegirl! Hit me with all the cool facts about the Sand Dollar! Love your vids. Currently binging.

[@MrSandwichk]

Mr Whitefield.

[@jamesryder8305]

@@MrSandwichk Yes?

[@NurseSnow2U]

I love this comment, such genuine enthusiasm. We love to see it!!

[@okpunky]

I just heard about them tonight. An online friend who lives in Florida went snorkeling and she posted A bucket with some in. We’re not alive. Learn something new everyday.

[@Shrimpin-Pimpin]

Picked a living one up a few years ago, and when I turned it to look at the bottom side, I was horrified.

[@okpunky]

Why

[@sabrinadavis2412]

great video! I learned the different ways sand dollars position themselves to get food and to stay safe from predators. I like that you included their embryo stage to end of life, too.

[@deedee2698]

Thanks i just learnt a neq fact...I never knew those existed... saw a headline stating that *thousand of sand dollars washed up on beach * i actually thought it was the old coin 💰.. Fascinating

[@JayCeeMax]

Its amazing to see it move.

[@_.jawaii._]

I feel like these are prehistoric organisms

[@3rdGenCamaroGirl]

My sister and I found a few of these little guys washed up on the beach. If it has the hair on it it’s alive and should be left in the ocean. If not then it’s dead and is okay to keep(just check local laws first since some beaches don’t allow any part of an animal dead or alive to be collected)

[@madtanukie7116]

Using sand dollars as currency was my first thought, now, Idk. They're cute though!

[@darkonyx6995]

I always thought they were starfish fossils :0 Also, what's the name of the music??

[@earthlifematters9347]

Interesting, didn’t know they moved, I used to think the waves, current moved them around

[@jasonsignor7237]

Oh my goodness they’re so cute through! 😁🥰

[@NurseSnow2U]

They really are!!! 💕

[@dreamingissleeping]

I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL, KEEP IT UP

[@chiesasurbakti1849]

The plankton part is remind me of Spongebob films that the films is not lying

[@verasvechina]

Thank you very much!

[@esteeeeeeeev]

Such an informative video, keep up the good work!!!

[@angelwings798]

Never seen a live sand dollar before! Looks very cool! And so fuzzy ima die!

[@mark_7226]

wow life is so strange and amazing

[@juliachrobok3734]

The mail lady: What can I say except YOU’re WELCOME

[@KC69423]

Up until I was a middle aged adult, I never knew ANYTHING about Sand-Dollars. Today I was just born. Thank you!! 😁😊

[@Waterbottles711]

Nice vid, thanks!

[@Titilululikescata]

0:25 I don’t like that one it's scary

[@katjakittenland9689]

It's beautiful!

[@09kingarthur]

Yea lol it looks like something out of stranger things

[@happyface4711]

@@letmebe9826 microscope food 😂 if they eat you it won't hurt lol

[@MalcolmChrystal]

Oh.

[@wolfninja8004]

Classic you hate something because of how it looks you are disgusting

[@bobsmith-ui8uw]

Great video!

[@AmyB369]

Fascinating creatures

[@georgedominguez5368]

I love you i just subscribed!! :)

[@DaisyMae439]

That is AWESOME

[@Titilululikescata]

0:28 wow!

[@tiffanyplunkett8713]

They are cool!😁

[@eutemiadocarmo3763]

First clams, now the sand dollar? I think I love underwater

[@avgpsycho-6972]

Its like a ocean roomba

[@albinahilkovsky3449]

Большое спасибо, очень интересно и Вы рассказываете медленно, так что я всё успела понять.👍🏻❤️

[@Subscribeforremixes]

When you find a dead one crack it in half and in the middle it will have a small white dove made from calcium

[@YiScarf]

Its better to keep it in one

[@dawningsun3041]

I’m looking up sand dollar facts because today I found the tiniest sand dollar ever. I’ve found lots of both living and dead sand dollars before but today I found a dead one in perfect condition…the size of a pin head! I literally felt like I had just discovered treasure.

[@farahdibah5211]

i've never heard of them . beautifull creators . is this only in florida ?? i'm dutch , never seen them on our beaches .

[@AHRidings]

They live all around the world, can be found on pretty much all beaches around the us

[@okpunky]

@@AHRidingswow I live in Canada. Lake Ontario. Not salt water. So I wonder if they are in this water ?

[@susanmiller-pinhey1682]

We are in Cambria, California and I picked up over 100 dead sand dollars in about 10 minutes on the Morro Bay Beach. I love them!

[@biancabarreiro323]

Hi. These little creatures are amazing. I used to see them on beaches I went around where I live, but recently I haven't seen them and I'm very worried. Does anyone know if they're alright, if I can do something, can anyone tell if it's the sea pollution? Or is it me looking in the wrong places? What is their favorite place? Does it have to do with the type of sand? Does anyone noticed it too? Do they migrate? Thanks.

[@YiScarf]

There fine i recently found a live one today at a beach a bit bigger then a quarter

[@bethanydavis9023]

If they hung around there for yeas then yeas it is good to worry about your surrounding environment.

[@susanrosengren8386]

OMG, how cute are those?! And their name?! I wish we hade some here in Sweden too❣️ Then they would be called Sand crowns... 🥰💖

[@qnybucks]

i really like these things. they're strange but cute

[@Goddess212]

This my first time seeing one alive.. I mean wow 😅 always thought it was just a cool flat rock that's only on beachs

[@AfiOye]

Embryo? I thought these were rocks. 😬

[@mechaarachnid5925]

First time ive seen this.

[@kingbucky6]

I found one today durning my walk at the beach

[@jimmydean4494]

I thought it was a shell and took it home in a plastic box. I opened it much later and about threw up. Haha thats when I learned it was a living thing

[@YiScarf]

Whyd u throw up

[@jimmydean4494]

@the crazy cat person · 6 years ago cause somthing was decaying

[@YiScarf]

@@jimmydean4494 ah

[@geraldinerokz3655]

i dont know theyre alive, used to collect them when i was a kid

[@wolfninja8004]

You are collecting dead bodies lol

[@rjwilliams4977]

I have 14k gold sand dollar earrings in my ears tho❤️😂👌

[@liezelbickle9430]

Do they sting you whene alive like other sea urchins?

[@Latinblood]

I always thought sand dollars were fossilized star fish because I have only seen them dead…. This blew my mind

[@Troy-ol5fk]

never knew they can stand up😄

[@gd7681]

“excape predation”

[@arwa9166]

سبحان الله الخالق المبدع

[@angelxiii3181]

I was today years old.

[@polymorphicblacksteve5038]

Oh it’s really is a sea Roomba

[@sparaxisblanc2473]

😂🤣😂

[@ScarlettBeastEva002]

I never see anything like that before

[@dabien1]

Do these exist in australia because I've never found one

[@nawthaghay88]

Yes Pink ones

[@JuscallmeDaddy2002]

Okay,who else forgot these things existed

[@apolloforabetterfuture4814]

But can they hold information for dolphins I have to know!!!

[@PaulTaylor-ko8jy]

Love sand dollars thank little ty Rhode Island I love sand dollars they're my favorite I love the Bahamas they're my favorite and Catalina Island they're my favorite I love Pacific and Atlantic sand dollars

[@pixelthesketch5257]

I hope no one who has a phobia of unembedded skeletons sees this video.

[@yellowfrog2259]

I've seen baby crabs on these

[@alpsycho6748]

First comment is super😍

[@szaki]

How many Euros for 1 sand dollar?

[@user-yy4lv7pw6t]

This makes me incredibley uncomfortable.

[@edencieslowski9310]

Why

[@user-yy4lv7pw6t]

@@edencieslowski9310 idk just the way the skin moves and the texture freaks me out 😂

[@bedebe1]

I read a book with sand dollars

[@maximumsquad8243]

All this time, i had a collection of dead urchins..?

[@powerbashgmd8483]

Did you see dead sand dollars or did you wait a decade or something, or killed them?

[@maximumsquad8243]

Found dead washed up on the beach, didnt know they were living creatures until this video showed up-

[@powerbashgmd8483]

@@maximumsquad8243 Oh wow. 😱

[@Daniel-fx7xv]

i had a 10 year old sand dollar and i recently realized they are living beings

[@STOPHEREProductions]

Basically these are sand money

[@ailamp9832]

Hello ^-^

[@loqme3370]

Are they from the same family as starfish?

[@nawthaghay88]

No just same phylum

[@julieurrego9763]

I found a sand dollar today

[@ikedakazuto5061]

I took a bite out of one when I was a kid :/

[@user-yy4lv7pw6t]

Bitch wtffff, what did it taste like lmaoo

[@CarmenLC]

ayo sea biscuits

[@izzybinladen]

Was it good? The sand dollar was probably like “Oh hey. AH FUCK MY EYES.”

[@pinkcashmeres]

WTF?

[@ldguns7114]

Eso es una roca wtrmf

[@maosung5219]

🌺💛❤❤🌺💛🌺❤❤🌺💛🌺❤❤

[@BlackSkull1984]

Those are Sand Dollars, why can't we sell it because they're dollars?

[@chaosruby9792]

why are they called sand dollars if they arent a type of currency

[@gweevelicious]

Me and the homies call it weed pancakes.

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

🙂🙂🙂🙂

[@g59tothegrave]

Instead of calling sand dollars “sand dollars” I’ll call them “tests”

[@liamt.peavey9941]

I have a sand dollar

[@ashlynn6485]

I thought they were used for buying stuff

[@Decco6306]

"test"

[@tena9680]

Who else is here because they’re teacher put this in google classroom for a journal entry...just me Okk

[@Amghannam]

*their they are not teacher

[@random..2803]

boy thas cap

[@Fundamental_Islam.]

Such a wonderful world Allah created ✨

[@MalcolmChrystal]

:D

[@-palepaal-732]

wait, i didn’t know they where animals-

[@Amghannam]

Huh? What did you think they were then?

[@Lynkor]

c'thulhu's roomba

[@deusexvesania1702]

Sooo... Why do they have a weed leaf on their back?

[@zddxddyddw]

That's just an evolutionary remnant from when they were regular, ball-shaped sea urchins. In sea urchins those bands (called ambulacra) run from top to bottom like meridians on a globe; and the slits are where the tube feet come out from. As the dollars began to flatten during evolution, the bands were reduced to that flower shape, concentrated around what would have been the "north pole" of a regular spherical sea urchin. In sand dollars the ambulacra are called petaloid areas.

[@lonew872]

@@zddxddyddw that's awesome

[@mlembrant]

eww :( im upset

[@xCriminalKingx]

Whose here because of animal crossing

[@jhowardsupporter]

Sad most animals will be extinct soon.

[@boeingnz]

They're not money from deep sea civilization. I'm so disappointed. And my day is ruined.

[@DicedTea]

I feel disgusted now

[@taylortorres3677]

Nope

[@boredinlife]

Are they useful being alive here?

[@Boss_etc853]

everything is useful being alive here

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

🙂🙂🙂🙂