Burrowing sea cucumber (Neothyonidium magnum, centre) buried deep in the sand. Only the tentacles of the sea cucumber, which it uses to feed, are abov

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Burrowing sea cucumber (Neothyonidium magnum, centre) buried deep in the sand. Only the tentacles of the sea cucumber, which it uses to feed, are above the sand. Photographed in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

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