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How do sea cucumbers obtain food?

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Sea cucumbers generally defend themselves by spitting out their viscera and shooting themselves away, in the hope that whatever predator was bothering them would be too distracted by the viscera to continue chasing them.

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the have small openings kinda like gills and water is fed in and out of them like a fish.

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12y ago

well sea cucumbers reproduce by spawning. like starfish they get together and release their sperm and eggs. they meet in the water and produce eggs

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they have gills at the side of them, like in their anus

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they feed with a mouth surrounded by tentacles

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On the sea bed.

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they get it through their mouth

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They use their gills to breathe

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How do sea cucumbers obtain their food?

Sea cucumbers feed on small particles including algae, tiny aquatic animals, and waste materials. They collect these with the 8 to 30 tube feet surrounding their mouths.


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How sea cucumbers get food?

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Do Sea Cucumbers have feet?

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