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1 The Sea Cucumber by Tom Martin

2 What is a sea cucumber The sea cucumber a wired little thing that lives on the ocean floor. It looks like a cucumber, that’s where it gets its name, Sea Cucumber.

3 Habitat Sea cucumbers live all around the world on the ocean floor and in coral reefs. They can be also found partly under the sand. predators How should we get him ? Because I’m hungry. crabs, various fish and crustaceans, sea turtles and sea stars.

4 The weirdest thing about them
As a defence they shoot their internal organs through their butt to confuse the predator. The internal organs grow back in 4 weeks to 5 months.

5 Interesting facts Sea cucumbers do not have brain.
They breath through their butt. The life span will vary slightly from type to type of sea cucumber, as there are about 900 different kinds, but the general life span for the class of sea cucumbers is 5-10 years. These animals are used as delicacy and as a part of folk medicine in Asia.


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