What eats poop in the ocean?
Chef's answer
A sea cucumber's daily life is about as boring as their vegetable namesakes, but it's also important to ocean ecosystems. As the scoot around the seafloor, eating and pooping, sea cucumbers help distribute nutrients and remove excess organic matter from the sediment and water.
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Sea scallops have a saucer-shaped shell with scalloped or fluted edges. The upper shell is usually reddish-pink or brown in color. The lower shell is white or cream. ... Sea scallop shells are smooth and lack the prominent ribbing that is characteristic of most other scallop shells..
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A sea cucumber's daily life is about as boring as their vegetable namesakes, but it's also important to ocean ecosystems. As the scoot around the seafloor, eating and pooping, sea cucumbers help distribute nutrients and remove excess organic matter from the sediment and water.
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Vibrio vulnificus causes roughly 80,000 illnesses each year and results in 100 deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The bacteria can be contracted by swimming in coastal waters and by eating shellfish or raw oysters.
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Pacific salmon and tuna which have never come into contact with fresh water are generally safe to eat raw straight out of the ocean. But on rare occasion, they can be infected with a parasitic worm.
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But it turns out that your own poop is actually more dangerous than those beasts. ... A study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology reveals that all the feces-related germs that eventually end up in oceans are actually harmful to beachgoers who go in the water.
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stonefishThe world's most venomous fish is a close relative to the scorpionfishes, known as the stonefish. Through its dorsal fin spines, the stonefish can inject a venom that is capable of killing an adult person in less than an hour..
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Clams are found all over the world. They live in a variety of habitats including Arctic and Antarctic waters, coastal mud flats, the deep ocean and coral reefs. Most species are found in the ocean, however, two types are found in freshwater.
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