Shots In The Dark
Thursday, June 21, 2024
  Scientific Fact of the Day

As if its looks weren't enough of a turnoff, hagfish, when agitated, vomit and secrete a protein that reacts with seawater to create a thick mucus.

A single animal can turn a five-gallon bucket of seawater into a pool of goo in a matter of moments, said Eddie Kisfaludy of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. While the slime distracts predators, it also occasionally suffocates the hagfish.

—The Associated Press, reporting on the truly bizarre hagfish, which has become a delicacy among Koreans who consider it an aphrodisiac

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  7:58 AM  
Comments:
I seem to recall also that this is one of only two or three organisms that can regenerate neurons. Anyone know enough to check me on this?

They oughta toss it into the kegs in the finals clubs.

SE
# posted by Standing Eagle : June 21, 2024 2:34 PM
 
An aphrodisiac?...of course it is....with turnoff looks and vomits when agitated....I'm in love.
# posted by Anonymous : June 21, 2024 3:54 PM
 
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