Sand dollar photography

Sand Dollar

Rollin’ in sand dollars

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Not so long ago, Children were told stories about sand dollars. They were pressed sand, or more colorfully, mermaid money. Sand dollars look like round white coins, thus their name.

Scattered along the beaches of both the East and the West Coast, you sometimes see hard, flat discs with a faint five-pointed star pattern on one side. Although they seem like chalk or compacted sand, they are actually the *tests*, or skeletons, of a type of sea creature called a sand dollar. Shell collectors prize sand dollars for their beauty, but you need to handle them carefully to take one home intact.

If the Sanibel SEA LIFE could have talked last evening at low tide, they probably would have been chatting it up about how lovely the evening was and how healthy they were feeling…. just like…

Fun Fact Friday: Sand Dollars Are Alive! 🐚🌊 Did you know that sand dollars are actually living creatures? When alive, they’re covered in tiny, velvety spines that help them move along the ocean floor. #FunFactFriday #SandDollars #OceanLife #BeachDiscoveries #LifesABeachShop

sand dollar - an object am thankful for