#548 Up +0/-0 Down October 21 2023 at 05:38:04 pm EDT
hatkirby: do you have any more sea cucumber facts tho
hatkirby: i just really want to hug one
swbookworm: i do! i have a Fun Fact™️ about a specific kind of symbiosis re: sea cucumbers
hatkirby: 👀
swbookworm: Fun Fact™️ : some sea cucumbers are in a symbiotic relationship with pearlfish, where the sea cucumbers provide shelter for the pearlfish. except this one is Weird And Slightly Gross™️ because the pearlfish are actually sheltering ||in the anus of the sea cucumber||
hatkirby: Lol
hatkirby: what a fun place to be
hatkirby: are pearlfish like really small
swbookworm: sometimes this is commensalism where the pearlfish benefits and it doesnt harm the cucumber, but sometimes it's parasitic bc the pearlfish will sometimes eat at the cucumber's insides while it's In There
swbookworm: ye theyre not very big. also sea cucumbers can get Large
hatkirby: oh RUDE !!
hatkirby: they're giving you a HOME!
swbookworm: some species can literally get like 6ft long
hatkirby: you come. you sit inside my ass. you ride me around all day. and then you eat my insides?
swbookworm: also another Fun Fact™️ sea cucumbers can ahsdlsafksadfjadsfsdf
hatkirby: Wow they can? :O
swbookworm: that one got me
hatkirby: Hehe