Here is a link to the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium page on California Sea Cucumbers. It covers all of the basic information on these little creatures from diet to behavior. Give it a read to get some good facts when talking about our cucumber friend at the tide pool.
posted by Aleksandr
We warn the guests that touching them could cause them to "expel their guts". However ,it seems that it's not quite as dire as I had thought:
ReplyDelete"When threatened, they throw out their internal organs to entangle the predator in mucus. The organs are usually regrown."