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 ...

One of the scientists studying this species explained to Live Science that no successful hunt on a hagfish by any gill-breathing predator has ever been observed. The fantastic abilities of E.

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 ...

Hagfish can produce enormous amounts of sticky slime, which immediately clogs the gills of their attacking aggressor. One of the scientists studying this species explained to Live Science that no ...

Hagfish are eel-shaped fish, sometimes known as "slime eels". They have a skull but no jaw or spine and they secrete slime when stressed. The 3,400kg of hagfish were to be exported to South Korea ...