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        "description": "<p>January 13, 2012\u2014For the first time, scientists have recorded the defense strategy of the hagfish, which, when attacked, secretes slime from hundreds of pores on its body.</p>", 
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        "title": "Attacking Shark Gagged by Slime", 
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        "credit": "2012 National Geographic; Video from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa", 
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        "transcript": "<p>A shark sees an inviting meal:\u00a0 an eel-like fish with no visible defenses. But the shark is in for a big surprise! \u00a0Choked with slime, oozing from hundreds of pores in the fish's body!</p><p>Researcher Vincent Zintzen from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and his colleagues went near New Zealand's Great Barrier Island, and dropped remote cameras.</p><p>Attached to the apparatus are blue lights to be as unobtrusive as possible, and a bait bag.</p><p>Here, at more than a 2,000 foot depth, some of the first to attack the bait were hagfish, also known as snot eels.</p><p>At one point, a kitefin shark uninterested in the bait, instead prefers the hagfish, but gets a mouthful of slime.</p><p>The slime fills the shark's mouth, clogs its gills, and chokes it.</p><p>The hagfish were seen repeatedly bitten by larger fish, all retreating with the same results.</p><p>Here, a catshark seems to be fine in biting down on the hagfish, but eventually, turns away as it, too, is gagged by slime.</p><p>More than a dozen prey attempts against the hagfish were recorded. Not one was successful.</p><p>Hagfish have been around more than 300 million years, pre-dating the dinosaurs.</p><p>Besides their ability to slime attackers, they're equipped with four rows of teeth.</p><p>Zintzen and his colleagues made 165 video deployments, and published their findings in the journal <em>Scientific Reports</em>.</p>", 
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