Sea Creature of the Week

"The Sea Creature of the Week" 

The Sea Pig

Scotoplanes globosa

Now this is an interesting looking creature!!! I have never heard or seen this organism, until a couple of weeks ago, on a science website I visit.  When reading about it, I learned this animal resides in the deep ocean and is the same genus as the sea cucumber. The sea pig eats organic matter found in mud and uses its strong sense of smell to locate dead carcasses on the ocean floor, for food as well. Check out the, ummm,....."interesting" pictures of these important deep sea creatures below!!!