Photo of the Day: Emperor's shrimp on the sea cucumber

[revhtree]

Emperor's shrimp on the sea cucumber

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[shred5]

Emperor shrimp are a commensal shrimp living mainly with nudibranches but are also found on sea cucumbers. They live on their fecal matter.

 

[revsgirl]

Well, I thought the picture was amazing. :love: And then came the info about their food of choice, fecal matter. uke:Now, I can only imagine what it is eating on!

 

[shred5]

Well, I thought the picture was amazing. :love: And then came the info about their food of choice, fecal matter. uke:Now, I can only imagine what it is eating on!

You think that's bad pearl fish (Carpus sp) live in a sea cucumbers anus.

 

[revsgirl]

OMG! Way to much info!! :lalala: Must.. find... happy.. place.. ray2: (LOL I'm teasin'.. that is disturbingly disgusting, though!)

 

[BarbH]

Well at least you can say that nothing goes to waste :frog: Still is a very cool picture no matter what it eats.

 

[larryl]

Wow amazing!

 

[revsgirl]

Well at least you can say that nothing goes to waste :frog: Still is a very cool picture no matter what it eats.

:laugh:

 

[bige]

That's cool. I'm glad humans don't have things like that. My wife would say "stop playing with your anus shrimp. It's not a toy". She loves me.

 

[BarbH]

That's cool. I'm glad humans don't have things like that. My wife would say "stop playing with your anus shrimp. It's not a toy". She loves me.

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

 

[revsgirl]

Oh my goodness!!!!!!!!!!!ound:ound: ound:

 

[Mike&Terry]

Hahah, our sea cucumbers all poo little clumps of clean looking, white sand.