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Human origins tied to ancient jawless blood-sucking fish
Lampreys and hagfish are the only surviving groups of ... genes can help researchers better understand early vertebrate ...
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The Hagfish Is the Slimy Sea Creature of Your Nightmares
The hagfish is a slime-emitting ocean-dweller that's remained unchanged for 300 million years--and it shows. It has a skull (but no spine), velvet smooth skin, and a terrifying pit of a mouth that ...
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New study shows mechanisms of hagfish burrowing into deep sea sediment
Scientists at the Schmid College of Science and Technology at Chapman University developed a novel way to observe the elusive burrowing behavior of hagfish. Dr. Douglas S Fudge and his team ...
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Hagfishes: how much slime can a slime eel make?
A hagfish fossil found in Illinois, USA, that dates to about 330 million years ago looks quite a lot like today's hagfishes, though, suggesting that these animals may have long since found an ideal ...
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Convergent evolution of anguilliform elongation
It should also improve our understanding of convergent evolution. Elongated body shapes have evolved ... other types of fish, including hagfish, lampreys, bichirs, spiny eels, eeltail catfish, ...
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Hagfish slime in everyday cosmetics
An curved arrow pointing right. The Atlantic Hagfish is an eel-shaped creature that releases a mass of slime when threatened. The slime is so good at holding water that scientists are now studying ...
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Conservationists seek public’s help to solve marine mystery
A monk seal is entangled in a hagfish trap off Kure Atoll, part of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The Surfrider Foundation on Monday launched a statewide effort called “North Pacific Hagfish ...