I learned a lot about these critters in this article posted by Kate Orchard: Even the name of the sea cucumber makes you think it’s not an animal. Sea cucumbers live on the seafloor and sport tentacles around their mouths with which they catch algae and plankton to eat. If sufficiently threatened, sea cucumbers deploy one of nature’s oddest defense mechanisms: they shoot their attacker with their own internal organs, and skedaddle while the animal is entangled. It takes about six weeks, but the sea cucumber’s organs will grow back, ready to serve as ammunition when needed. Amazing!
Posted on: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:08:56 +0000
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