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What in the world is a slime eel?

  • Written by Nicola Di Girolamo, Associate Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Oklahoma State University
Researchers pour a barrel of hagfish into a holding tank aboard a research vessel about 20 miles off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.AP/Steven Senne

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