The Purple, Fuzzy Burrower You Thought You Knew: The Sand Dollar!

What you might have thought a cute, nostalgic souvenir is actually a hardcore, metal-eating, badass burrower, surviving in the harshest of places! These fuzzy, purple, sea floor dwellers are none other than the sand dollar, and they’re full of exciting surprises you never thought possible.

Have you heard of an animal that has nerves of steel, and literally eats metal for breakfast? This hardened, extreme creature survives where few others could, and it’s none other than the… sand dollar? Yep! And this creature has a lot to teach us about the value of adapting and evolving in the most challenging of situations.

By Ellen Allerton

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