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Royal Sea Cucumber

Thelenota anax

Description:

Pearl fish are small slender fish that take advantage of the fact that sea cucumbers can’t really run away and so they swim up the sea cucumber’s bum to hide. Some sea cucumber bums however, are not safe, and the fish who enter them are never seen again. Inside of these sea cucumbers is another species of pearl fish, one who sits quietly in the darkness and waits for its next victim. Guardian: New Plymouth Girls School

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david14
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david14

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Sep 3, 2014
Submitted on Sep 3, 2014

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