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The strange world of sea cucumbers

  • POSTED ON: 1 Jun, 2019
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  • POSTED BY: Zubeda Hamid
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Have you ever heard of sea cucumbers? These creatures, whose bodies resemble the shape of an actual cucumber, come in a rainbow of colours and varying sizes. Spines and warts cover their skin and rows of tube feet help them move. Sea cucumbers play an important role in our marine eco-system, but are now being threatened by over-fishing, as they are considered a delicacy in some parts of the world.

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Image 1) courtesy, Brocken Inaglory [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]; Image 2) NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, via AP; Image 3) Zoological Survey of India.