When it dies, its skeleton (the "test") becomes bleached by the sun, turning it white, and the small spines fade away. 2. Live Sand Dollars Can't Survive for Long Out of Water Removing live sand ...

Pristine white sand dollars have long been the souvenir to commemorate a successful day at the beach. But most people who pick them up don’t realize that they’ve collected the skeleton of an animal, ...

This is a dead bleached out skeleton of the sand dollar. Yes, these are live animals, when they are covered with tiny spines that feel like velvet when rubbed. The hole on the bottom (peristome ...

Live sand dollars look quite different from the white, sun-bleached discs of calcium carbonate skeleton they become after they die. A live sand dollar is darker in color — usually reddish ...

The easily identifiable flower-like design is seen on the skeleton after a sand dollar dies and dries out. Huntington Beach photographer Joe Katchka is regularly on the lookout for them ...

Beachcombers along the Texas coast were in for a treat this past week as numerous Sand Dollars washed up along the shoreline. These delicate, round sea creatures are a favorite find for many ...

Sand dollars found on the Outer Banks are the skeletons ... according to the website of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The star on the skeleton was part of the food grooves that channel morsels ...

The sight of thousands of sand dollar sea urchins washed up on a beach in the US state of Oregon has left experts puzzled. The live sand dollars washed ashore on the south end of Seaside Beach ...

Sand dollars look way different in their lives beneath the waves. Their skeletons are prized by beachcombers, but sand dollars look way different in their lives beneath the waves. Covered in ...