Cool Facts

-Sea cucumbers have the ability to eviscerate parts of, or its entire internal mass to ward off prey. They can quickly regrow these organs.

-The blood of the orange sea cucumber is very similar to that of trout and other fish.

-Enimies inlcude: Sea turtles, crustaceans, many fish, and people that eat sea cucumbers.

-They can be as big as 200cm long and as small as 2cm long and they can be as fat as 20cm and as skinny as 1cm.

-There is one type of Sea Cucumber called the sweet patato

-There are over 200 different species

- In Asia, it is sold as food in a dried or smoked