This act is called visceration

This act is called visceration and it's a surprisingly effective defense mechanism.In addition to startling and distracting predators,the innards of some sea cucumber species are sticky and toxic.Evisceration may seem drastic,but sea cucumbers are able to regenerate what they're lost to their gut reaction in just a few weeks time.Aside from the few species that have evolved to swim and those that feed without moving,many of these cumbersome creatures pass their time grazing the seabed.