a shark sees an inviting meal an
eel-like fish with no visible defenses
but the shark is in for a big surprise
choked with slime losing from hundreds
of pores in the fish’s body researcher
vents on scenes an from the Museum of
New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and his
colleagues went near New Zealand’s Great
Barrier Island and dropped remote
cameras attached to the apparatus are
blue lights to be as unobtrusive as
possible and a bait bag here at more
than a 2,000 foot depth some of the
first to attack the bait were hagfish
also known as snot
eels at one point a kite bin shark
uninterested in the bait instead prefers
the hagfish but gets a mouthful of slime
the slime fills the shark’s mouth
clogs its gills and chokes it the
hagfish were seen repeatedly bitten by
larger fish all retreating with the same
results here a cat shark seems to be
fine in biting down on the hagfish but
eventually turns away as it too is
gagged by slime more than a dozen prey
attempts against the hagfish were
recorded not one was successful hagfish
have been around more than 300 million
years predating the dinosaurs besides
their ability to slime attackers they’re
equipped with four rows of teeth
zenzen and his colleagues made 165 video
deployments and published their findings
in the journal scientific reports
you
eel-like fish with no visible defenses
but the shark is in for a big surprise
choked with slime losing from hundreds
of pores in the fish’s body researcher
vents on scenes an from the Museum of
New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and his
colleagues went near New Zealand’s Great
Barrier Island and dropped remote
cameras attached to the apparatus are
blue lights to be as unobtrusive as
possible and a bait bag here at more
than a 2,000 foot depth some of the
first to attack the bait were hagfish
also known as snot
eels at one point a kite bin shark
uninterested in the bait instead prefers
the hagfish but gets a mouthful of slime
the slime fills the shark’s mouth
clogs its gills and chokes it the
hagfish were seen repeatedly bitten by
larger fish all retreating with the same
results here a cat shark seems to be
fine in biting down on the hagfish but
eventually turns away as it too is
gagged by slime more than a dozen prey
attempts against the hagfish were
recorded not one was successful hagfish
have been around more than 300 million
years predating the dinosaurs besides
their ability to slime attackers they’re
equipped with four rows of teeth
zenzen and his colleagues made 165 video
deployments and published their findings
in the journal scientific reports
you
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