{"id":171,"date":"2014-12-20T18:20:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T18:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:57:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:57:54","slug":"hagfish-day","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whaletimes.org\/?page_id=171","title":{"rendered":"HAGFISH DAY!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Merry…uh…Happy, no…hmmm,\u00a0oh, Hooray,\u00a0 it’s HAGFISH DAY!!!<\/span><\/strong><\/em> Celebrate the 16th Hagfish Day with us October 15, 2025<\/strong>!!! Sixteen\u00a0 years of exotic, unusual, some might say ugly (we prefer beauty-challenged) ocean animals.<\/p>\n

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The beautiful hagfish.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

WhaleTimes created Hagfish Day (in 2009) to celebrate the beauty of ugly<\/em>. 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.
\n“Sometimes it seems as if ecological causes are popularity contests that exclude the less attractive and less well-known, though equally vulnerable, creatures,” said WhaleTimes Director Ruth Musgrave. “There are species in peril that kids never hear about.”<\/p>\n

How do you celebrate Hagfish Day? Classrooms, individuals and families can participate by making Hagfish Slime<\/a>, writing\u00a0,\u00a0make or\u00a0send a Hagfish Bouquet <\/a>to a friend. It’s sure to be a good slime!\u00a0Below are some Hagfish Day activities if you just can’t wait to celebrate the beauty of ugly<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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What makes for a great\u00a0Hagfish Day star? Animals that\u00a0are a combination of unusual, endangered, and beauty challenged.<\/p>\n

Hagfish Stars Unveiled<\/strong><\/h3>\n