Hagfish!

[brian fleming <>]

Hi Denise.

  I recollect that back when Credit Cards were a new invention, they 
had to have special wallets to live in.  And the expensive ones made of 
hagfish skin turned out to somehow corrupt the cards and make them 
unreadable. And people were seriously blaming the hagfish and suggesting 
research, until some bright spirit noticed that the wallets had been 
made with magnetic catches.
  I'm still laughing about this.
  Seriously, any creature which can produce so much slime to defend 
itself is worth studying. What do lampreys do in similar circumstances?
Anthea Fleming

Denise Goodfellow wrote:
> Helen
> There are two of us who are "fascinated by hagfish".  This is my earlier
> email to Alan.
>
> I'm fascinated, and truly grateful that I have at least two friends (the
> other being Helen Larson) who will find it so as well!
> Denise
>
> on 19/3/10 4:15 PM, Helen Larson at  wrote:
>
> > how good to hear that another birdo is fascinated by hagfish.
> > And please note that if you are about to buy an "eelskin" purse or wallet,
> > these are usually made from wild-caught hagfish, not discarded skins from eel
> > farms as they are sometimes promoted.
> > Helen
> >
> > <')/////==<
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Alan McBride <>
> > To: Birding Aus <>
> > Sent: Thu, 18 March, 2010 21:03:25
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Hagfish!
> >
> > Can't begin to tell you how fascinating this is and that they don't sit on
> > branches above you:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/yf8vzll
> >
> > Alan
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