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I spy... with my spikey eye

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I knew Shadow will drop by at some point and sort this out. :)
island_sands said:
ah right! now you can see it really clearly in that photo.

I should have realised that about the five symmetrical patterns of a seaurchin as often you find small white skeletons of them on the beach and they have those patterns imprinted on them.
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Sea Urchins are basically starfish that have all 5 arms folded upwards and conjoined. And bigger spikes ofcourse. :)
 
I have nothing to add or detract from the previous comments. But Wowwwwwww thats cool animal/pic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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Ever tried them?

The urchin in DT's foto is 100% edible and very tasty.
 
Ntrik said:
Ever tried them?

The urchin in DT's foto is 100% edible and very tasty.
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SO ARE ALL URCHINS EDIBLE? ie these black ones we have in the states?
how do you prepare them, I love to try new things!
 
Quetzal

I have seen people eat sea urchins raw just crack em open suck out the good stuff, not for me though a bit to much like drinking snot.
Im suppose you have to get a taste for them like oysters.
Maybe you should start a thread in the cooking section could be interesting to see what people come up with

Crusty
 

oh yes... we used to eat them off the rocks when i lived in Spain... they are supposed to be aphrodisiacal... ermmm never notice :duh

they don't taste that great and the flesh was orange with bits in,... not so appealing.
 
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