Sea Cucumber Suicide

A sea cucumber's defense mechanism is extremely radical: it literally throws up its internal organs which, while it may distract any potential attackers, ultimately kills the animal. I don't quite understand it, but we witnessed the act after some fisherman tossed a sea cucumber onto the rocks.

(courtesy of Dov)

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