Happy #HagfishDay! We found this #hagfish inside a sponge while exploring Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in 2018. The #Pacifichagfish (Eptatretus stoutii) is a slender, slimy, primitive fish found in cold waters worldwide. Hagfish lack a jaw, true eyes, stomach, and major parts of the brain. Because they can’t see, hagfish have an outstanding sense of smell and touch – four tentacles around their mouth help them to find prey, while two pairs of teeth-like projections on their “rasping to

Happy #HagfishDay! Never seen a #hagfish before? 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’s lined with rows of razor-sharp teeth. 🎥Crazy Monster | Smithsonian Channel

Happy #HagfishDay! Jawless and boneless, slime-producing hagfish feed off animal carcasses on the seafloor. While this might not be the most appetizing to us, in so doing, hagfish perform an important ecological function, helping to clean and recycle materials on the seafloor. . . So on Hagfish Day, remember that one doesn't have to be pretty to be important. | NOAA Ocean Exploration

Hagfish 💀 This Fish Eats From Inside! | 1 Minute Animals Discover how the hagfish contorts its body to feast on dead whales! From its jawless mouth and single nostril to its weapon of choice: a horrifying slime that can clog the gills of any predator. #hagfish #bizarrecreature #wildlife #deepsea #weirdcreatures #oceanlife | 1 Minute Animals

This vermiform shaped sea-creature is a Hagfish. These jawless scavengers are known to devour their prey from the inside; eviscerating the bodies of dead and dying sea creatures much larger than themselves. #WildlifeWednesday 🌏 | Science Channel