07/06/2026
Have you ever seen a LIVING sand dollar close up? If you look closely, you can see their tube-feet moving!
This is how they are able to eat as well as dig into the sand to hide from predators. Did you know their number 1 predator is the human?!
Humans remove these guys from the beaches by the thousands every year to take for souvenirs or to sell in gift shops (as souvenirs or ornaments, magnets, etc.), depleting populations severely for no good reason.
Please, if you see a sand dollar on our beaches check to see if it's alive. If it is, leave it on the beach.