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Sunflower Star
Pycnopodia helianthoides


Photo ©Steve Lonhart

Most sea stars you’ve probably seen are just a little bigger than your hand. The Sunflower Star is huge -- 30 inches across. It has 24 arms (rays,) and those rays have thousands of tube feet (probably 15,000 on this one).

Sunflower Stars prey on anything in their path: sea urchins, snails, crabs, and even dead fish and squid. The suction cups on the ends of all those feet are so powerful they can pry open even the largest clam shells to get to the meat inside.

Earth Cards
Nature Trading Cards

What are Earth Cards?

Trading cards?  Flash cards?  Game cards? Animal cards? Earth cards are all of these.

  • Collect them like baseball cards.
  • Play games with them like a game deck.
  • Use them as flash cards and species cards for learning. 
  • Trade them with your friends.

Order your set of
Nature Trading Cards

Box of 35 cards          $5.00
Box of 65 cards        $10.00
Box of 100 cards       $15.00

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You can customize your box of cards. Just go to Choose your cards and pick the species you want included.  
A box of Nature Trading Cards would be a nice gift for your child's classroom. You can also order them in quantities, at special prices, to use as fundraisers for your school. Schools