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    "title":"Attacking Shark Gagged by Slime",

    "transcript":"\u003Cp\u003EA shark sees an inviting meal:  an eel\u002Dlike fish with no visible defenses. But the shark is in for a big surprise!  Choked with slime, oozing from hundreds of pores in the fish\u0027s body!\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearcher Vincent Zintzen from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and his colleagues went near New Zealand\u0027s Great Barrier Island, and dropped remote cameras.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAttached to the apparatus are blue lights to be as unobtrusive as possible, and a bait bag.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHere, at more than a 2,000 foot depth, some of the first to attack the bait were hagfish, also known as snot eels.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt one point, a kitefin shark uninterested in the bait, instead prefers the hagfish, but gets a mouthful of slime.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe slime fills the shark\u0027s mouth, clogs its gills, and chokes it.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe hagfish were seen repeatedly bitten by larger fish, all retreating with the same results.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHere, a catshark seems to be fine in biting down on the hagfish, but eventually, turns away as it, too, is gagged by slime.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore than a dozen prey attempts against the hagfish were recorded. Not one was successful.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHagfish have been around more than 300 million years, pre\u002Ddating the dinosaurs.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBesides their ability to slime attackers, they\u0027re equipped with four rows of teeth.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EZintzen and his colleagues made 165 video deployments, and published their findings in the journal \u003Cem\u003EScientific Reports\u003C/em\u003E.\u003C/p\u003E",

    "description":"\u003Cp\u003EJanuary 13, 2012—For the first time, scientists have recorded the defense strategy of the hagfish, which, when attacked, secretes slime from hundreds of pores on its body.\u003C/p\u003E",
    
    "credit":"2012 National Geographic\u003B Video from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa",
    

    
    
    
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