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Hagfish Day

Hagfish Day

Hagfish are widely believed to be one of the world’s ugliest living creatures, made even more repugnant by their production of viscous slime as a defense mechanism. Hagfish Day aims to promote understanding that in nature, beauty isn’t everything – and that in fact, the Hagfish is a highly evolved and specialised creature worthy of respect.


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Hagfish Day - 18th Oct, 2017 | Days Of The Year
These are the creatures we tend to think of, but we often forget the hideous and disturbing, or just the plain homely creatures that inhabit the deep. Hagfish Day ...
Hagfish Day | WhaleTimes, Inc.
Forget sugarplums and heart-shaped candies, now there's a real holiday for kids and it's Hagfish Day! Celebrate the anniversary of the 9th Hagfish Day ...
14 Fun Facts About Hagfish | Science | Smithsonian
Oct 17, 2012 - That is the message behind Hagfish Day, which occurs every year on the third Wednesday of October: that we can find beauty in the ugly and ...
HAGFISH DAY – Third Wednesday in October | National Day Calendar
HAGFISH DAY. Hagfish Day is observed annually on the third Wednesday in October. Hagfish are considered to be the ugliest of species.
Happy Hagfish Day! | Science | AAAS
Oct 20, 2010 - Halloween is more than a week away, but if you're looking for a great reason to celebrate, today is Hagfish Day. The hagfish (Myxinidae) ...
Celebrate National Hagfish Day 2020 | The Days Of The Year
Oct 15, 2020 — Reason to celebrate: October 15, 2020 is National Hagfish Day. Hagfish are broadly thought to be among the world's ugliest living animals, ...
HAGFISH DAY! | WhaleTimes, Inc.
WhaleTimes created Hagfish Day (in 2009) to celebrate the beauty of ugly. Hagfish are the perfect example. These deep-sea scavengers ooze buckets of slime.
Hagfish Day | Days Of The Year
Oct 21, 2020 — Hagfish Day. When you think of ocean critters, we're willing to bet you immediately think of the cute and iconic. There's the big brown-eyed ...
Hagfish Day | Holiday | Checkiday.com
Hagfish Day was created in 2009 by WhaleTimes to encourage children to examine all creatures in the food web, not just sightly looking ones. The day exists to ...
Hagfish Day - October 14, 2020 | Happy Days 365
Oct 14, 2020 — Hagfish Day is an annual celebration observed on the third Wednesday in October. The calendar marks a celebration Day for the ...
14 Fun Facts About Hagfish | Science | Smithsonian Magazine
Oct 17, 2012 — That is the message behind Hagfish Day, which occurs every year on the third Wednesday of October: that we can find beauty in the ugly and ...
What is a hagfish and why is today its day? - pennlive.com
Oct 18, 2017 — The hagfish has a day because WhaleTimes created Hagfish Day - the third Wednesday in October - in 2009 "to celebrate the beauty of ugly.".