I’m so glad you asked! What IS a sea pig? Here’s a hint: a sea pig is an echinoderm. No? Still not picturing it? A sea pig is in a group of echinoderms called sea cucumbers. Like this:
We have cuke sign! Get your cucumber hooks ready! NOT a sea pig, but a close relative in the same group, the sea cucumbers, aka holothurians. Photo credit: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce
OK, so the short answer is that a sea pig looks like a cross between a star-nosed mole, a naked mole rat, and a hallucinogen-induced, Cthulu-themed nightmare. Except cute. Awwwwwww! Can you get a sea piggy bank? Well, not exactly, but you can get something very close: a sea-through pig.
Wanna sea what I mean? To stop me from making any more bad puns, and to find out JUST WHAT THE HECK A SEA PIG IS, go here and find out all the wonderful details, courtesy the Echinoblog (via Deep Sea News). You’ll be glad you did. Thank you.
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Awwwwwwwwwwww! Even more support for my conviction that all sea cucumbers are adorable. ^_^
I have yet to see one myself that would prove you wrong!
Howdy do, sons and daughters of cthulhu!
Sea Pigs & Cukes rule.
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