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Originally Posted by Robbie
I was all over clearwater beach as a kid in the 1970's. Was just over at Bradenton Beach this past summer to celebrate my mom's birthday.
I never remember seeing a living sand dollar at any of the Florida beaches. Not that I was looking for them, but I just don't remember ever stumbling across one ever.
I lived on the beach in Ft. Lauderdale from 1980 to 1988 and never saw one either. Always found them like most of us find them...as skeletal remains
The only time I've seen them alive was in aquariums.
After reading about them I discovered that they are actually a form of Sea Urchin. I always figured that they lived a little offshore so any chances of finding one on the beach alive wouldn't be all that common?
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Mostly further down Pinellas County around Sunset Beach and Pass-A-Grille, they were common enough to remember. Not infestations exactly, but I "adopted" a few for the day when I was little. When I found dead or near dead ones, which was much more frequent, I'd bring them home and my mother would bleach and dry them for me to paint with watercolors. Were you here early enough in the 70's to remember the Aquatarium? We spent a lot of time around that area when I was little.