sea cucumbers

"Dive into learning about sea cucumbers with . . . photography, . . . text, and range maps, size comparisons, and other infographics"--Provided by publisher.

"A photo-illustrated book for elementary readers about the many kinds of sea cucumbers, including sea apples. Readers learn about their ocean habitat, feeding habits, their role in keeping the sea clean, and modes of survival. Includes fun facts, table of contents, glossary, further resources, and index"--.

Introduces readers to animals who use poisonous slime as a defense mechanism to stay safe from dangerous predators.

When the GUP-E runs out of battery, Peso finds himself trapped in an ocean trench, the shadowy home of a big-eyed spookfish.

Readers will learn just how amazing sea cucumbers can be. The many species of this ocean invertebrate may not look like other undersea animals, but they have some amazing adaptations and behaviors that help them survive. Without faces, limbs, bones, blood, or a brain, sea cucumbers have incredible ways eating, moving, reproducing, and defending themselves.