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The hagfish, scientifically known as Myxine glutinosa, is a true monster of the deep. Its body is covered with special glands that can emit a sticky slime. In fact, a single hagfish can produce enough slime at one time to fill a milk jug. ... A hagfish will actually "sneeze" when its own nostrils fill with slime.
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www.seasky.org/deep-sea/atlantic-hagfish.html
www.seasky.org/deep-sea/atlantic-hagfish.html
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Hagfish are the first fish to find their way to any dead animals which find their way to the seabed. They are parasitic on live fish, attaching themselves to the side and slowly eating their way through the fish. It has been known to find Cod with as many as 30 young Hagfish attached to them.
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web.ukonline.co.uk/aquarium/pages/hagfish.html
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UCMP Berkeley's introduction to the hagfish. ... Hagfish are almost blind, but have well developed senses of touch and smell. They have four pairs of sensing tentacles arranged around their mouth. The mouth lacks jaws, but a hagfish is equipped with two pairs of tooth-like rasps on the top of a tongue-like projection.
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www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/basalfish/myxini.html
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; How can you tell a hagfish if you see one? ... ..For a long time, people thought of hagfish as scavengers and parasites, probably due to their habit or burrowing into dead or dying animals and eating them from the inside out. In fact, most of their diet is made up of marine worms and other invertebrates.
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www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Sciences/Zoology/ClassesFish/ClassMyxini/Hagfish/Hagfish.htm
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The hagfishes are renowned for their ability to produce vast quantities of slime when provoked. The aim of my research is to describe and understand the mechanical properties of hagfish slime in terms of its molecular structure, as well as its functional significance for the animal.
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www.zoology.ubc.ca/labs/biomaterials/slime.html
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1 Hagfish are rule-breakers. They do not like to conform to the physical features found in most fish species. For example, their bodies are smooth; their skeletons are made of cartilage and they lack jaws. Certainly, there are plenty of other fishes that satisfy either of the first two conditions.
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Get information, facts, and pictures about hagfish at Encyclopedia.com. Make research projects and school reports about hagfish easy with credible articles from our FREE, online encyclopedia and dictionary. ... hagfish primitive marine fish of the order Cyclostomata, or jawless fishes (see cyclostome ),
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www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-hagfish.html
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For those who never heard of hagfish, here's a clue to my dismay: These fishes' other common name is slime hag and their scientific name means mucus. ... The names are appropriate because hagfish are masters at creating slime. One adult can turn a two-gallon bucket of water into a thick, gooey gob in just minutes.
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www.susanscott.net/OceanWatch1998/nov16-98.html
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Short video module featuring pacific hagfish, a deep sea animal, selected from the online video library of Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California. ... Primitive fishes, hagfish live in burrows on the seafloor and locate their food by smelling and feeling as they swim, since they have poor vision but a very good sense...
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www.montereybayaquarium.org/video/video_hagfish_qt_txt....
www.montereybayaquarium.org/video/video_hagfish_qt_txt.asp
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