{"id":171,"date":"2014-12-20T18:20:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T18:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2026-10-20T20:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:13:27","slug":"hagfish-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/","title":{"rendered":"HAGFISH DAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GIANT-ISOPOD-Welcome-Copyright-Tammy-Frank-WhaleTime-Hagfish-DaySM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2864 \" src=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/GIANT-ISOPOD-Welcome-Copyright-Tammy-Frank-WhaleTime-Hagfish-DaySM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"582\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Merry&#8230;uh&#8230;Happy, no&#8230;hmmm,\u00a0oh, <em><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Hooray,\u00a0 it&#8217;s HAGFISH DAY!!!<\/span><\/em><br \/>\nWelcome to WhaleTimes&#8217; 17th annual Hagfish Day celebration!<br \/>\nSeventeen years? It&#8217;s not a gold or silver anniversary. It&#8217;s slime!<\/h2>\n<p>Seventeen years of exotic, unusual, some might suggest ugly &#8212; we prefer beauty-challenged &#8212; ocean animals.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Hagfish-day-HAGFISH-Image-courtesy-of-NOAA-Ocean-Explorer-wbsm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42\" class=\"wp-image-42 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Hagfish-day-HAGFISH-Image-courtesy-of-NOAA-Ocean-Explorer-wbsm-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"The beautiful hagfish.\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Hagfish-day-HAGFISH-Image-courtesy-of-NOAA-Ocean-Explorer-wbsm-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Hagfish-day-HAGFISH-Image-courtesy-of-NOAA-Ocean-Explorer-wbsm.jpg 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>The beautiful hagfish.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>WhaleTimes created Hagfish Day (in 2009) to celebrate the <em>beauty of ugly<\/em><\/strong>. Hagfish are the perfect example. These deep-sea scavengers ooze buckets of slime. They also play an important role in their ecosystem. WhaleTimes believes repugnant and slightly revolting animals like hagfish make great role models for highlighting conservation concerns for all marine animals.<br \/>\n&#8220;Sometimes it seems as if ecological causes are popularity contests that exclude the less attractive and less well-known, though equally vulnerable, creatures,&#8221; said WhaleTimes Director Ruth Musgrave. &#8220;There are species in peril that kids never hear about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>How do you celebrate Hagfish Day? Classrooms, individuals and families can participate by making <a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Hagfish-Day-enGrossed-in-Slime-or-It-sNot-Funny-Activity-Copyright-WhaleTimes.pdf\">Hagfish Slime<\/a>, writing\u00a0,\u00a0make or\u00a0send a <a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Hagfish-Day-Say-it-with-Hagfish-Bouquet-Copyright-WhaleTimes.pdf\">Hagfish Bouquet <\/a>to a friend. It&#8217;s sure to be a good slime!\u00a0Below are some Hagfish Day activities if you just can&#8217;t wait to celebrate the beauty <em>of ugly<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- x-tinymce\/html --><!-- x-tinymce\/html --><\/p>\n<p>What makes for a great\u00a0Hagfish Day star? Animals that\u00a0are a combination of unusual, endangered, and beauty challenged.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve fallen for the beauty that is hagfish, be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=4364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check out and share our Dear Hagfish letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Hagfish Stars Unveiled<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The star of Hagfish Day!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Watch hagfish tie themselves in knots and eating (shared by<strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Andrew Clark)<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pacific-Hagfish-Knotting-Courtesy-Andrew-Clark.mov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Knotty Pacific hagfish\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Atlantic-Hagfish-Knotting-itself-MG_Knot_Vid2-by-Mr-Austin-Haney-and-Dr-Ted-Uyeno-All-Rights-Reserved.mov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlantic Hagfish Knotting Itself (by Mr Austin Haney and Dr Ted Uyeno)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Biting-Atlantic-Hagfish.mov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biting Atlantic Hagfish<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=4313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rice&#8217;s Whale: Hiding in Plain Sight<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=4324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sea Lilies and Feather Stars (Crinoids)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=4345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carnivorous Deathball Sponge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=4364\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Dear Hagfish<\/em> Letter (share with friends)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2939\">Plus, after more than a decade, we checked back with the amazing <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Dr. Douglas Fudge<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Can&#8217;t get enough of Hagfish Day? Meet some more Hagfish Day Stars:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=3955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Snot Bombs (Aka Upside-Down Jellyfish)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=3926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Melon-headed whales<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=3931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giant Frigatebird<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=3936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hawaiian Monk Seal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2902\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barreleye<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">black dragonfish<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Heteropods<\/a> \u00a0<em>&#8220;&#8230;They&#8217;re kind of like little globs of snot looking for other snot-like creatures to eat&#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marine iguana<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Hagfish-Day-Mighty-Marine-Microbes-WhaleTimes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mighty Marine Microbes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rockhopper penguin<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Watch these amazing hagfish tying themselves in knots and eating shared by<strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Andrew Clark<\/a>:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Pacific-Hagfish-Knotting-Courtesy-Andrew-Clark.mov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Knotty Pacific hagfish\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Atlantic-Hagfish-Knotting-itself-MG_Knot_Vid2-by-Mr-Austin-Haney-and-Dr-Ted-Uyeno-All-Rights-Reserved.mov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlantic Hagfish Knotting Itself (by Mr Austin Haney and Dr Ted Uyeno)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Biting-Atlantic-Hagfish.mov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biting Atlantic Hagfish<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Meet some other Hagfish Day Fans (aka the experts)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Douglas Fudge<\/a> &amp; Hagfish<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Clark<\/a> &amp;\u00a0Hagfish Knots<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kristine Clark<\/a>\u00a0&amp; Heteropods<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2924\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey Drazen<\/a> &amp; Hagfish<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey Drazen<\/a> and rattails<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey Drazen<\/a> &amp; Barreleye Fish<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=3040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Lopez <\/a>&amp; Marine Microbes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tracey Sutton<\/a> &amp; Dragonfish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- x-tinymce\/html --><!-- x-tinymce\/html --><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3019 \" src=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Dragonfish-Echiostoma-barbatum-close-up-Hagfish-Day-Image-Copyright-DEEPEND-290x448-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Dragonfish-Echiostoma-barbatum-close-up-Hagfish-Day-Image-Copyright-DEEPEND-290x448-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Dragonfish-Echiostoma-barbatum-close-up-Hagfish-Day-Image-Copyright-DEEPEND-290x448.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 121px) 100vw, 121px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=2961\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2967 \" src=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heteropod-Atlantida-Hagfish-day-Image-Copyright-DEEPEND434x336-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heteropod-Atlantida-Hagfish-day-Image-Copyright-DEEPEND434x336-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Heteropod-Atlantida-Hagfish-day-Image-Copyright-DEEPEND434x336.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HAGFISH-Hagfish-Day-Copyright-2013-RA-Musgrave-All-Rights-Reserved.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2863 \" src=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HAGFISH-Hagfish-Day-Copyright-2013-RA-Musgrave-All-Rights-Reserved-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HAGFISH-Hagfish-Day-Copyright-2013-RA-Musgrave-All-Rights-Reserved-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HAGFISH-Hagfish-Day-Copyright-2013-RA-Musgrave-All-Rights-Reserved-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HAGFISH-Hagfish-Day-Copyright-2013-RA-Musgrave-All-Rights-Reserved-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HAGFISH-Hagfish-Day-Copyright-2013-RA-Musgrave-All-Rights-Reserved.jpg 1539w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>WhaleTimes&#8217; Hagfish Day Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check out our Hagfish Day Activities. For example, show your friends you care, make them a <a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Hagfish-Day-Say-it-with-Hagfish-Bouquet-Copyright-WhaleTimes.pdf\">Hagfish Bouquet<\/a>. Don&#8217;t forget to add some <a href=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=4324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Sea lilies and feather stars<\/a>!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Taking-Science-Deeper-Hagfish-Day-Activities-WhaleTimes.pdf\">Taking Science Deeper Hagfish Day Activities Booklet\u00a0<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Hagfish-Day-Hagfish-Haikus-Copyright-WhaleTimes.pdf\">Hagfish Haikus <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Hagfish-Day-Say-it-with-Hagfish-Bouquet-Copyright-WhaleTimes.pdf\">Say it with a Hagfish Bouquet <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Hagfish-Day-Hagfish-Cootie-Catcher-Copyright-WhaleTimes.pdf\">Hagfish Cootie Catcher (aka Fortune Tellers)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/WhaleTimesTSDSlimeTimeCrown.pdf\">Slime Time Crown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Hagfish-Day-enGrossed-in-Slime-or-It-sNot-Funny-Activity-Copyright-WhaleTimes.pdf\">enGrossed in Slime or It&#8217;s Not Funny<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_3055\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hagfish-bouquet-008-in-styro-cup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3055\" class=\"wp-image-3055 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hagfish-bouquet-008-in-styro-cup-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hagfish-bouquet-008-in-styro-cup-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hagfish-bouquet-008-in-styro-cup-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hagfish-bouquet-008-in-styro-cup.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hagfish Day Bouquet<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Cant-let-you-slip-away-Happy-Hagfish-Day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4388 \" src=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Cant-let-you-slip-away-Happy-Hagfish-Day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">About WhaleTimes, Inc.:<\/span> WhaleTimes creates a connection between the ocean, ocean research, the researchers, and students through formal and informal education programs such as Hagfish Day. This connection ignites a passion for the ocean, inspires students to consider marine science as a career, and empowers kids to protect the ocean. WhaleTimes, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit marine science education organization.<\/p>\n<h4>Hagfish Day \u00a9 WhaleTimes&#x2122;<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry&#8230;uh&#8230;Happy, no&#8230;hmmm,\u00a0oh, Hooray,\u00a0 it&#8217;s HAGFISH DAY!!! Welcome to WhaleTimes&#8217; 17th annual Hagfish Day celebration! Seventeen years? It&#8217;s not a gold or silver anniversary. It&#8217;s slime! Seventeen years of exotic, unusual, some might suggest ugly &#8212; we prefer beauty-challenged &#8212; ocean animals. WhaleTimes created Hagfish Day (in 2009) to celebrate the beauty of ugly. Hagfish are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-171","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=171"}],"version-history":[{"count":82,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4447,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/171\/revisions\/4447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}