ST. JOHN'S - A scientist in St. John's, N.L., has found that bits of flesh amputated from scarlet sea cucumbers can heal themselves and carry on in a state somewhere

Severed tissue from a cold-water sea cucumber can survive and move independently for years in natural seawater, researchers recently found.

ST. JOHN'S - A scientist in St. John's, N.L., has found that bits of flesh amputated from scarlet sea cucumbers can heal themselves and carry on in a state somewhere