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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

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

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Cameras on the deep seafloor finally caught the defense in the act, and it works almost the instant a predator commits to the bite. The post 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 appeared first on Space Daily .

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