Once again we are getting funky!
Sea cucumbers are big, slow and look like..well...poop.
But they are very cool indeed! Always on the move and constantly eating and processing sand...they are funny to watch. Basically they are aquatic versions of earthworms.
Dan did some time lapse here to catch this big cucumber out on the prowl.
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The class Holothuroidea contains sea cucumbers. There are approximately 1,150 species of sea cucumbers. Like most echinoderms, sea cucumbers are found in most oceans and at depths that range from the shallows to the deep sea. They are very numerous in the sandy areas of coral reef lagoons. Here they are often referred to as the “vacuum cleaners of the sea” because of their feeding habit of mopping up debris that falls from the water above. Sea cucumbers are also interesting in that they were Australia’s first export item. Indigenous Australians from north west Australia used to export sea cucumbers to Chinese traders as early as the 16th century. This was at least 200 years before the European invasion of Australia.
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