Record #:

21039

Author(s):

Baird, Liz

Abstract:

The hagfish is unusual to look at--an eel body that's pink, eyespots instead of eyes, and a sensor around the mouth to help it find food. However, it is the slime, not the looks that gross people out. Other creatures produce slime--slugs, eels, algae--but nothing else matches \"the sticky squishy mucus of hagfish slime.\"

Source:

North Carolina Naturalist (NoCar QH 76.5 N8 N68), Vol. 18 Issue 2, Fall/Win 2010, p7, il

Subject(s):

Atlantic hagfish--Protective devices