She Found A Sand Dollar By The Beach But Watch What Happens When She Flips It

I don’t know about you but I love taking a walk on the beach. There is just something amazing about putting your feet in the sand and feeling the ocean breeze as it blows across your skin. The entire experience is very calming but perhaps one of the best things about the beach is finding all of the little treasures that come up on the seashore. One of those treasures is a beautiful find, sand dollars.

Most of us really don’t give sand dollars much thought. We probably just consider them to be a unique seashell that washes up on the beaches or perhaps something that we pick up at a novelty shop. What you might not be aware of is that the sand dollars you find on the shore are actually left over from living sand dollars.

The living sand dollars have a pattern on the top of the shell and a hole on the bottom. The top is covered with purple bristles and the bristles move back and forth to help the sand dollar move across the seafloor.

This video shows how the sand dollars move and you can clearly see the difference between a live and a dead sand dollar. Prepare to be amazed at how beautiful these creatures are.

Be sure not to take the live sand dollars when you are at the beach. If you want one as a souvenir, get one at a gift shop.

This video tells you all you want to know about sand dollars: