Jun 9, 2009

Cuke Swim

The only thing better than a sea cucumber is a swimming sea cucumber (Enypniastes eximia). These echinoderms have fins where their feet should be, and they use said fins to help them undulate and wobble across the sea bed in search of food.

The swimming sea cucumber might almost be dismissed as a balloon animal, were it not for the blood-filled viscera, that unsightly length of intestine running through it's middle.

Thanks for the swimming sea cucumber, Jelo.



8 comments:

Sabina E. said...

I think it's beautiful and very strange

Cat said...

Hey baby, nice intestine...wanna go out?

Anonymous said...

Look at it... Some strange alien shit goin on there...

Hehehehe...

"I come in peace. Stop looking at my colon dammit!"

Jessica Olin said...

Anonymous, I rofled at your comment.

Anonymous said...

Looks like that sea cucumber in the picture has a penchant for White Castle and Taco Bell.

Unknown said...

Yep. That's a GI tract, alright.

Denita TwoDragons said...

It's like someone filled a blown-glass Christmas ornament with a colon... o_0

--TwoDragons

Anonymous said...

what are you! looks like aliens have started taking over!