It's happened to all of us. You're looking at an animal, and sure, it's great, but somehow, something is missing. You think to yourself, wouldn't it be so much better if only I could see this animal's guts?

Well, here you go: meet Peniagone Diaphana:

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Peniagone - let's call her (him? it?) Penny for short - is a holothurian from the benthic zone. Scientists snapped this glamour shot via remotely operated deep-sea vehicle on an expedition to the mid-Atlantic ridge as part of the Census of Marine Life.

Check out a slideshow of Penny and her more and less ugly pals at
The Guardian.

- Wombat, who has a weird craving for some nice raw shellfish right now...