Sea pigs are classified in the Scotoplanes genus. They are deep sea cucumbers that get their common name from their rotund, red appearance and their behavior of digging through mud! Learn more sea pig facts on today's episode of Animal Fact Files! Scientific Name: Genus - Scotoplanes Range: Oceans worldwide Habitat: Ocean depths Size: About 5 inches (12.7cm) long Diet: Marine snow, microbes, and whale carcasses Threats: Unknown Life span: Unknown ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, get their video requests moved to the top of our request list, and more! ✨ 👉 https://www.patreon.com/animalfactfiles There's more to learn! Exclusive videos on social media: 🎵 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@animalfactfilesyt 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/animalfactfiles 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles 📚 Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- Sea Pig SEA CUCUMBER 0:00 Sea Pig HABITAT 0:16 Sea Pig NAME 1:32 Sea Pig SIZE and APPEARANCE 1:58 Sea Pig DIET 2:24 Sea Pig THREATS 3:47 Thanks / Outro 4:30 --- Videos and Images: Anne-Lise Heinrichs - https://www.flickr.com/photos/snigl3t/2110252993 cdorobek - https://www.flickr.com/photos/cdorobek/7875526934, https://www.flickr.com/photos/cdorobek/7875531868, https://www.flickr.com/photos/cdorobek/7875533106, https://www.flickr.com/photos/cdorobek/7875521930, https://www.flickr.com/photos/cdorobek/7875520128, https://www.flickr.com/photos/cdorobek/7875534750 Tam Warner Minton - https://www.flickr.com/photos/travels_with_tam/11863920733, https://www.flickr.com/photos/travels_with_tam/11983630775, https://www.flickr.com/photos/travels_with_tam/11863919473, https://www.flickr.com/photos/travels_with_tam/11863922703, https://www.flickr.com/photos/travels_with_tam/11863920633 eric molina - https://www.flickr.com/photos/iamagenious/2490996809 Marcin Chady - https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcinchady/28030448375 Ed Bierman - https://www.flickr.com/photos/edbierman/3500111579 Beachfront - https://www.videvo.net/video/snow-falling/4054/, https://www.videvo.net/video/worm-in-the-rain/3800/ Research Credits: https://www.wired.com/2014/06/the-creature-feature-10-fun-facts-about-sea-pigs/ http://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/because-you-demanded-it-sea-pig-aka.html http://echinoblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/why-sea-pigs-scotoplanes-and-other-deep.html http://eol.org/pages/599675/overview http://www.strangeanimals.info/2011/10/sea-pigs.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314184/Sea-pigs-The-ugliest-creature-beneath-waves.html - http://mentalfloss.com/article/83986/meet-sea-pig-creature-feasts-sunken-corpses https://www.wired.com/2015/04/absurd-creature-of-the-week-sea-pig/ https://phys.org/news/2017-02-seafloor-robot-world-reveals-climate.html http://www.strapya-world.com/products/77068.html #animalfactfiles #seapig #seapigfacts