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Sea Urchins

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A close-up look at sand urchins and rock urchins. At the seashore, a man digs up a sand urchin. We look closely. He sets it back in the sand, and it burrows out of sight. Its intestines take nutrients out of sand. Using magnification…

DirectorJean Painlevé

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Criterion Channel

Criterion Channel

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Sea Urchins is streaming on Criterion Channel in United States. It's not currently on Netflix.

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