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A Fish With … Feet?!
Did you know that the Lung Fish breathes air and likes to ‘walk’ on its fins? Check out this cool video, and be sure to read more about them in our “Strange Wonders,” card!
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Hagfish: True or False?
Hagfish: True or False?
Give it your best shot! Before you go researching this fish online or in our “Monsters of the Deep” cards, let your imagination go wild – given its name, what do you think this fish would look like? Would it be poisonous? Would it have tentacles? Then take a minute and, based on what you came up with, try to decipher if the following statements are TRUE or FALSE:
The hagfish may not have bones, but its body is covered in a nasty slime
The hagfish has an amazing 14 sets of eyes
The hagfish can slip inside the body of bigger creatures and feed on its insides
The hagfish’s body changes color, depending on what color plankton it is near
The hagfish starts out as both male and female, and develops into one sex later in its life
The hagfish has the amazing ability to tie its body into a knot
The hagfish drools gooey purple poison
The hagfish is mainly found in shallow, warm pools of water
You can find out more about the hagfish on card #6 of “Monsters of the Deep,” or wait until the answers are unveiled next month!
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