Videos of Sea Cucumbers doin' Sexy' Swimmin' Crawly STUFF' !

I have some good stuff coming up, but this week got away from me.. So in the meantime, here's some neat sea cucumber videos that I've been meaning to share....

A giant holothurian doin some kinda sexy thing! There is some gamete emission towards the end and is kind of understated, so keep your eyes open...



Here is a nice compilation of deep-sea marine invertebrates from off Kona, HI shot by the NOAA Okeanos Explorer... Some fantastic hi-def video of the swimming sea cucumber Paelopatides from 0:28 to 0:45 into the video.. The rest of it is mostly not echinoderms, but also interesting...


And finally, if you want to see some MORE neat deep-sea sea cucumber goodness! Go HERE for footage from the Indonesian deep-sea INDEX 2010 expedition video...

A giant synaptid sea cucumber (identified as Synapta maculata) on the move!


Not sure where this video was shot, but possibly the Indo-Pacific..


...and video of another sea cucumber feeding. You can see the tentacles moving food into the mouth.. From Lembeh Straits in Indonesia.



And of course, where would we be without watching sea cucumbers POOP!?

Sea Pig and other AWESOME Sea Cucumber (holothurian) VIDEO DAY!!

Some of the most AWESOME Sea Pig Video EVER. Click and be AWED. Want to know more about "sea pigs"? Click here.


Deep-Sea Sea Pen (Umbellula) & Swimming Sea Cucumber Video! Also courtesy of Neptune Canada! (cuke begins at 1:00 into the video


Some GREAT time-lapse video of a "hairy" sea cucumber digging itself into the Sediment!


Video of the sea cucumber Peniagone swimming...