{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "sand dollars doin their thing\n\nthey\u2019re basically sea roombas", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/180750194333/", "html": "\n\n\n

arse-moriendi:

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bogleech:

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platycryptus:

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zooxanthele:

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platycryptus:

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sand dollars doin their thing

\n\nthey\u2019re basically sea roombas
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I mean, I knew on some fundamental level that they\u2019re related to sea urchins. I knew that the parts that I find on the beach are their skeletons.

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WHY DID THIS VIDEO SURPRISE ME??

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They aren\u2019t just related to sea urchins, they are sea urchins.

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They\u2019re just a group of really flat sea urchins with really short spines

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who eat sand

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I\u2019ve met folks who never even knew that regular sea urchins crawled around, let alone sand dollars

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me making a stealthy exit

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