Space Daily June 29, 2026 • 18:00

When a shark bites down on a hagfish, the fish floods its attacker's mouth with slime in a fraction of a second, clogging the predator's gills until it gags and lets go - Space Daily

$When a shark bites down on a hagfish, the fish floods its attacker's mouth with slime in a fraction of a second, clogging the predator's gills until it gags and lets go - Space Daily$

Cameras on the deep seafloor finally caught the defense in the act, and it works almost the instant a predator commits to the bite.

A hagfish looks like easy prey. It is a soft, eel-shaped, jawless fish with no scales, no bony armor, and no obvious way to fight back. Then a shark or a conger eel closes its mouth around one, and t… [+6891 chars]

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When a shark bites down on a hagfish, the fish floods its attacker's mouth with slime in a fraction of a second, clogging the predator's gills until it gags and lets go - Space Daily

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