Sea cucumbers may appear slow and unassuming, but they have developed an incredible and unforgettable defensive strategy.

Ellen Goethel is a marine biologist and the owner of Explore the Ocean World Oceanarium at 367 Ocean Blvd. at Hampton Beach.

Sea cucumbers, however, use one of the most unusual tactics we’ve seen. As you can see in the above video, they shoot their intestines out of their body The Strange Defense Mechanism of the Sea ...

Which isn’t to say that the sea cucumber is without survival traits. It gathers food with 20 retractable tentacles in its mouth, according to the ADFG reference page.

And in 2019, Mercier’s lab discovered that the North Atlantic orange-footed sea cucumber and an Indo-Pacific species known as the sandfish can float by taking up water through the mouth and anus ...

This slimline, eel-like fish has no scales for protection so chooses to use a sea cucumber's sphincter for safety. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

They then bring the food into the sea cucumber’s mouth. It’s the ocean equivalent of a finger-licking good meal. There’s a lot of other really weird things about sea cucumbers.

Sea cucumbers are marine invertebrates in the class Holothuroidea that live on the sea floor in both shallow and deep waters. They are echinoderms like sea urchins and starfish, which are also known ...

Nutrition. Sea cucumber is an excellent source of niacin, which is an essential nutrient; however, it’s not easily produced on its own within the body. Consuming enough niacin helps your body ...

Last week, I promised to write about an animal found in the Gulf of Maine. You asked for it! This week, one of my patrons brought me a photo taken at Long Sands Beach in York, Maine.. I had never ...

A storm at York Sands Beach reveals the Gulf of Maine’s strangest resident: the rat-tailed sea cucumber.