This Bizarre Sea Creature is Snake-like and Has Tentacles
July 21, 2017 - Meet
one of the world's longest sea cucumbers, which has tentacles on its head. A diver filmed this bizarre sea creature at the bottom of the Red Sea off Egypt. It's likely its species is
Synapta maculata—one of the world’s largest sea cucumbers. They can grow to be seven to ten feet long, and they filter feed by capturing floating organic matter with theirfeather-like tentacles.
Read more about the super-long sea cucumber.
Diver Vitaly Bazarov filmed this extremely long sea cucumber in the Red Sea off Egypt.
It’s likely a Synapta maculata … one of the world’s largest sea cucumbers.
It can grow to be seven to ten feet long.
This Synapta maculata filter-feeds by capturing floating organic matter with its feather-like tentacles.
This zebra turkeyfish is not on the menu.
Valued as a delicacy in some cultures, many sea cucumber species are overfished and are sold as food on the black market.
