Ajab-Gajab: What is so special about this cucumber found in India? It is more expensive than gold

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Ajab-Gajab: There are different types of fruits and vegetables in the world. Many of them are very healthy, which is why they are expensive. Usually, the price of these fruits and vegetables ranges from 500 to 1000 rupees, but the common man thinks a hundred times before buying them. There are many types of fruits and vegetables found in the world, which people use to keep themselves fit. These fruits also include cucumber, which is low in price and is also healthy. However, a unique cucumber is found in India, whose price you will not believe.

This sea cucumber found in India costs lakhs. Forget about buying it, a common man cannot even dream about it. Today we tell you about this unique cucumber found in India and its price. What is there in this cucumber that makes it so expensive?

This unique cucumber is smuggled on a large scale in the sea area of ​​India. According to media reports, this sea cucumber is smuggled heavily in Tamil Nadu. Sea cucumber is smuggled a lot in South India and Sri Lanka.

You must be thinking that it is a sea vegetable by hearing its name, but it is not so at all. It is a special kind of sea creature, which is smuggled internationally.

The Indian Coast Guard has caught the endangered species of sea cucumber many times. A few years ago, the Indian Coast Guard seized 2000 kg of sea cucumber, the price of which was said to be 8 crores. Now the question arises in your mind what is there in it that it is being sold so expensive?

This sea creature is known as sea cucumber cucumber or sea cucumber. Seeing its existence in danger, it has been included in the category of endangered marine species. Reports claim that the price of this creature is Rs 2.5 lakh per kg. It is used in making medicines. Some people also use it for eating.