Meet the sea cucumber🪸 They might be unassuming and go unnoticed by most, but they do play a vital role recycling nutrients to help ‘clean’ the ocean 😉 As they are quite popular in some Asian cuisines, due to its various health benefits, it’s lead to an increase in demand for them. That’s why the Western Australian Sea Cucumber fishery, hand-harvests them in remote and pristine waters, meaning fewer interactions with the ocean floor and none with threatened or endangered species. This sustaina

There are more than 1,200 species of sea cucumbers in the world’s oceans. These marine animals play an important role in recycling nutrients, and according to recent research, may also help protect corals from ocean acidification. Turns out that sea cuke poop increases the pH of the waters where the critters defecate. Read more about sea cukes at Nat Geo: http://bit.ly/2FD2heQ | Center for Biological Diversity

Can you believe this is real?? Check out one of the sea cucumbers at the Rocky Coast Discovery Pools in this side up video! Sea cucumbers eat by slowly reaching 'branches' of tentacles out into the water to grab particles of food, and it's truly mesmerizing in a time-lapse video! | Alaska SeaLife Center

Sea cucumber or alien?! Sea cucumbers eat by reaching 'branches' of tentacles out into the water to grab particles of food. Looks pretty alien right?! #spookymonth | Alaska SeaLife Center

Sea Cucumber: The Bizarre Ocean Defender At first glance, the sea cucumber looks nothing more than a squishy vegetable-like creature washed ashore—but don’t be fooled. When threatened, it performs a strange act of self-defense: it expels its own internal organs, along with a sticky, mildly toxic substance called Holothurin, to deter predators. This goo can cause temporary blindness if it touches human eyes. Interestingly, after this dramatic sacrifice, the sea cucumber can regenerate all its los