Sea Cucumber
Kaylyn Conrad Period 3
Habitat
-Lower tidal zone
-submerged in water
-Rich in diversity
-tropical shallow-water coal reefs
Daily Changes
-Not well adapted to desiccation
-Can't handle extreme weather changes
-no competition for oxygen
-unlimited amount of space
Adaptations
-Discharge string of toxins
-Violently extract organs
-Flexibility
Predators
-sea star
-crab
-sea turtle
Feeding/Food Source
-tentacles
-shuffles through bottom sediments
-filters water for algae particles
-plankton
Facts!
-kills cancer cells
-no brain, heart, or lungs
-food delicacy in Asia