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We bet you won't want to go to a hagfish's house for dinner once you hear how it prepares its meal.
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We bet you won't want to go to a hagfish's house for dinner once you hear how it prepares its meal.
This clip comes from "Ocean Wonders" Season 1, Episode 2: "Manta Rays and Boxer Crabs."
About "Ocean Wonders:"
Heavy-metal marine biologist, Tom “the Blowfish” Hird, comes face to face with incredible sea creatures and conducts mind-blowing experiments to reveal the secrets and mysteries of our oceans.
Watch "Ocean Wonders" Wednesdays on EarthX.
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Love Our Planet.
The Official Network of Earth Day.
About Us:
At EarthX, we believe our planet is a pretty special place. The people, landscapes, and critters are likely unique to the entire universe, so we consider ourselves lucky to be here. We are committed to protecting the environment by inspiring conservation and sustainability, and our programming along with our range of expert hosts support this mission. We’re glad you’re with us.
EarthX is a media company dedicated to inspiring people to care about the planet. We take an omni channel approach to reach audiences of every age through its robust 24/7 linear channel distributed across cable and FAST outlets, along with dynamic, solution oriented short form content on social and digital platforms. EarthX is home to original series, documentaries and snackable content that offer sustainable solutions to environmental challenges. EarthX is the only network that delivers entertaining and inspiring topics that impact and inspire our lives on climate and sustainability.
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00:00Hagfish are seriously freaky fish.
00:05They can be found squirming about on the seafloor, and they have a pretty disgusting superpower.
00:13Now they're also known as the sly meal, and this is because they can make copious amounts
00:18of mucus, so much so they can use it in attack and defense.
00:24Let me show you.
00:26So hagfish, or sly meal, like to feed on corpses that they find at the bottom of the ocean,
00:34and they're not the only scavengers there.
00:36And so the long, juicy-looking hagfish is a particularly tasty treat when you first
00:41see it, and this is where their slime comes into play.
00:46The hagfish can jet slime almost instantly from its body, which will then coat the gills
00:54of any potential predator.
00:57With the gills all slimed up, they can't breathe.
01:01The animal, the predator, starts to suffocate, and it will spit the hagfish back out, and
01:06then quickly tries to clear its throat before it itself dies.
01:11Very, very clever.
01:14When it comes to feeding, hagfish have an unusual approach.
01:18They don't have jaws, but they do have tooth-like structures, evolved to butcher a carcass into
01:25bite-sized pieces.
01:28Nice.
01:29Tiny marine worms make up a large part of their diet, but sometimes the opportunistic
01:35hagfish has an appetite for something a bit bigger.
01:39Remote-operated vehicles, ROVs, have spotted them invading the burrows of other fish in
01:46search of a tasty victim.
01:48Now, don't forget, the hagfish can't chew.
01:52It can't deliver that killing blow like a lion or a tiger.
01:56So how did it do it?
01:57How did it finish off its fishy meal?
02:00Well, it puts those slime glands into overdrive, and it fills the burrow up with thick, gloopy
02:08snot, suffocating the hapless fish.
02:13It's pretty grim, but put it this way, be glad you never have to go around to the hagfish's
02:18house for your dinner.
02:20Oh, sticky.
02:24Ah, sticky.
02:27Ah.