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Giant Sea Cucumber

Common Name: Giant Sea Cucumber

Scientific Name: Holothuria scabra

Order: Echinodermata

Range: Eastern Africa & Madagascar, Kenya, Madagascar, Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Red Sea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa

Diet: Scavengers that mainly eat detritus

Facts: 1. Sea cucumbers will form herds and search for food on the ocean floor 2. Can excrete a toxin called holothurin which has the ability to kill a nearby animal 3. Sea cucumbers are often eaten in some countries such as China 4. Will use hormones to communicate with other sea cucumbers

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