Monday, May 9, 2011

Hagfish

The hagfish can actually tie itself in a knot to rid itself of a noxious slime

Hagfish

The Hagfish is not a species that a lot of people are all that familiar with. Because of this when most people see them for the first time they are certain that the creature is either a snake or an eel, but it is neither. The Hagfish is indeed a fish; it just does not look much like the other fish that we come across. What makes this marine fish stand out is the fact that it does have a body like an eel or a snake and this is due to the fact that the animals have a skull but they do not have vertebrae. As you can imagine that makes the fish a bit confusing to look at. Even many scientists believe that this is the most disgusting and odd of all of the species of sea creatures.

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