Photo by David Monniaux (Wikicommons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe odd anatomy doesn’t stop there.\u00a0 The mouth of the Sea Urchin which is also known as “Aristotles Lantern” can actually be found in the middle of this animal’s underside.\u00a0 It seems like a weird place to put a mouth but what do I know?\u00a0 Like other echinoderms the Sea Urchin doesn’t actually have a brain and just relies on their water vascular systems, which basically works like are circulatory system.\u00a0 Well it works a little differently but you get the idea.<\/p>\n
Sea Urchin Fast Fact – <\/strong>The Red Sea Urchin is among the longest living creatures on earth.\u00a0 They have been known to get as old as 200 years.\u00a0 Not too shabby for an animal without a brain.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I hope all of you are wearing your swim trunks today because we are going to play in the deep blue sea.\u00a0 The good news is, you can pretty much go to the nearest ocean and find today’s animal, the Sea Urchin.\u00a0 Unfortunately, I will need to head south since they aren’t typically found this far north (and there are no oceans around here).\u00a0 When you are out splashing around in the ocean take a look around because you may just find a Sea Urchin.\u00a0 They can be found in shallow or deep waters and they usually hang out around <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[221,4024],"tags":[348,1511,4025,1510,1509,1512],"yoast_head":"\n
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