What Is a Myth About Sea Urchins?

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There are people actively smashing sea urchins, probably as we speak, in place swhere. The celt forests have been severely harmed. For a lot of people, sea urchin do just just a spiky nuisance. But the're and the urchins that they're smashing are actually native species.

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