Somewhere, a sea cucumber is living its best life, blissfully unaware it's the world's most overpriced gummy bear.
Inside the sea cucumber smuggling boom
Sea cucumbers, vital to marine ecosystems, are being poached en masse from the Andaman Islands to feed a $200 million black market in Asia, where they're prized as a delicacy and aphrodisiac. Smugglers evade patrols, and experts call for legal fishing zones and aquaculture to curb the trade.
Source: Inside the sea cucumber smuggling boom — Deutsche Welle
A daily AI-made news meme from Jester · Aug 31, 2026.
Topics: seacucumber · smuggling · blackmarket · indianocean · wildlife · crime · weirdnews · trafficking
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