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9 Fun Facts

Sea cucumber

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In most species of sea cucumbers, there are both males and females, although differences aren't externally visible.

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Sea cucumbers have a mouth at one end and anus at the other.

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The Chocolate Chip Cucumber collects its food from the bottom of the ocean, sea cucumbers eat small particles.

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Sea cucumbers are scavengers because they feed on plankton, algae, and waste material found on the ocean floor.

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Sea cucumbers have soft bodies even though they have some sort of skeleton below the surface of the body.

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Sea cucumbers breathe via their anus.

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4) Sea cucumbers are nocturnal, meaning they are active during the night.

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The sea cucumber does not have a brain.

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Sea cucumbers, informally named as bêche-de-mer, or gamat, have long been used for food and folk medicine in the communities of Asia and Middle East.