Sentences with phrase «about sea cucumbers»

My introductory remarks about sea cucumbers.

By NIGEL SITWELL Unless you are an Asian gourmet it may be difficult to get excited about sea cucumbers.

Not exact matches

10 ripe sweet strawberries — divided 3 large heirloom tomatoes — roughly chopped 1 small bell pepper — seeded and roughly chopped 1 medium cucumber — peeled and roughly chopped 1/3 cup soft sun - dried tomatoes juice of 1/2 lemon 1 - 2 garlic cloves — roughly chopped about 1/4 small red chili pepper or more to taste — seeded, or 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes dash of cayenne pepper — optional 1/2 teaspoon sea salt large handful fresh basil leaves, plus more for garnish

Smooth Vegetable Gazpacho with Watermelon Pieces (serves 4) about 11 heirloom tomatoes — skin and seeds removed (you might have to blanch them quickly so that the skin comes off easier) 4 small pickling cucumbers or 1 - 2 large cucumbers — peeled, seeds removed 1 cup packed basil leaves or more to taste 1 cherry pepper or another hot pepper to taste — seeded 1 - 2 garlic cloves (optional, if you like a more pronounced flavour) 1 small shallot (optional, same reason as above) 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon sea salt freshly ground black pepper — to taste ripe, chilled watermelon — cut into bite - size pieces

Yield: One Serving, about 1 cup 1 avocado 4 drops alcohol free stevia juice of one lime 1/2 cup cucumber, roughly chopped 18 - 24 fresh mint leaves 1/8 tsp lime zest teensy pinch of sea salt 2 tbsp melted Extra Virgin coconut oil chopped pistachios, optional wee bit more lime zest

1 large ripe pineapple — peeled, cored and chopped about 4 small or 1 large English cucumbers — peeled and chopped 1 cup pineapple juice — preferably freshly made about 1/2 jalapeno — seeded and diced (see text) 1 tablespoon lime juice 1 - 2 teaspoons sea salt — to taste 1 green onion — chopped 1 handful cilantro leaves, plus more for garnish 3 tablespoons olive oil

In the meantime, marine divers are now collecting those miniature fish that they already knew about but never figured were worth anything: shrimp gobies (with their commensal shrimp), crabs that live in the spines of sea urchins, fish that live in the body cavity of sea cucumbers and jawfish and garden eels that live in the substrate.

Location: about 600 meters opposite to the southern end of Bulabog Beach Access: either by boat or from the shore Experience: all divers Depth: 5 - 20 meters Visibility: up to 20 meters Current: low - moderate Characteristics: reef drift dive with sea snakes, sea cucumbers, sea stars, moray eels, nudibranchs, anemones, soft corals, hard corals

Access: about 15 minutes by boat Experience: beginner, training dives, advanced diver Depth: 5 - 15 meters Visibility: 10 - 30 meters Current: low - moderate Best months: November - May Characteristics: reef with see grass, soft corals, hard corals, stony corals, leather corals, sea cucumbers, anemones good for night dives and snorkeling

Location: in the northwest of Boracay Island Access: about 15 minutes by boat from White Beach Experience: all divers Depth: 7 - 24 meters Visibility: up to 20 meters Current: low Characteristics: series of walls which are connected to Yapak with sea cucumbers, sea stars, soft corals, stone corals, moray eels, stingrays

Location: southeast of Boracay, in the Tabon Strait Access: about 25 minutes by boat from White Beach Experience: advanced divers Depth: 5 - 20 meters Visibility: up to 30 meters Current: strong Characteristics: 2 dive sites (small Laurel and big Laurel) with walls, tunnel, reef, many fish species, sponges, sea cucumbers, sea stars, sea snakes, nudibranchs, soft corals, hard corals, black corals, leathery corals good for photography

A coral wall slopes down gradually from about 25 to 80 feet / 8 -24 mt. Sightings here could include lobsters, barracudas, lizardfish, Nassau grouper, angel fish, furry sea cucumber and lots of other juvenile reef fish.

Having seen no source of perspective in any photos, she had expected sea cucumbers to be only about six inches long.

A marine naturalist will lead the tour and provide you with some fascinating facts about the diverse marine life you spot along the way, such as sea cucumbers, brilliant starfish and perhaps a sleepy ray hiding in the sand.

While the brittle star's perks are notable, this is really a story about the mighty sea cucumber, who plays host to a whole tiny ecosystem of creatures, notes bioGraphic, «including clams that take up residence in cucumber throats, fish and crabs that colonize their anuses, and worms and snails that drink their bodily fluids.»

Lab results by the Carnegie group indicate that sea cucumbers around Australia's Great Barrier Reef could be responsible [because they are so abundant — about one sea cucumber per square meter] for about half of the nighttime CaCO3 breakdown, simply by grazing the coral sands of reef systems.