When most people see a hagfish for the first time...well...words escape them!
Once the shock wears off, many find relief by expressing their overwhelming dazed and amazed thoughts by writing......a haiku!
And we've gotten so many amazing creative Haikus submitted by our friends. Enjoy! And don't forget to write your own Hagfish Haiku and send us your own. I can't wait to read it! Write about hagfish or any of the our Hagfish Day beauties!
Jake, the SeaDog
PS Mark your calendars for the next Hagfish Day on October 17, 2012
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Hooray for Hagfish Protect our vertebrate friend Until the very end by Thaiena, Mississippi |
Hagfish of the slime Creature of the salty ocean Some may become boots by Cameron, Mississippi |
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Hagfish are slimy Hagfish are so not ugly Hagfish are jawless By Brooke, Mississippi |
Hagfish are slimy Hagfish are really skillful Hagfish are lovely By Sydney, Mississippi |
Hagfish of the sea Use slime to protect yourself Hagfish of the deep By Jennifer, Mississippi |
It may look ugly It may look crazy to you But it's a creature By Jordan, Mississippi |
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Live in deep water Not much is known about them Please save the Hagfish By Rebecca, Mississippi |
Hagfish are so cool They live in the deep blue sea With their deep sea friends By Benjamin, Mississippi |
Slimy sea wonder, Hagfish is an agnatha, Ewwy, gooey, gross By Lexie, Mississippi |
I love the Hagfish They are unusual fish Happy Hagfish Day! By Makenzie, Mississippi |
| Myxini, a hagfish Sister taxon of lampreys Hagfish genome please. By Kevin, Auburn, AL |
An unknown creature,
Produces slimes, gross to
people,
Will he be extinct?
By Cassidy, Mississippi |
I love Hagfishes,
Hagfishes live in the ocean,
Protect all animals
By Holly, Mississippi
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Hagfish, Queen of Slime Mass-producing gallons of Ooey, gooey, ooze. By our friend and author, Terry Pierce |
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You are so slimy,
You are shaped just like
eels,
Happy Hagfish Day!
By Dorian, Mississippi
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Hagfish are awesome
They are so very cool and great
Neat and very slimey
By Elliott, Mississippi
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Two feet of pretty,
Slimy creature of the
deep,
Producers of slime.
By Jolie, Mississippi
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beauty of ugly vaquita, hagfish, and more Protect all our ocean friends By Jake, the SeaDog |
| I'm slimy and cute Some think I'm weird and gross, but I'm just a HAGFISH By Ayslinn, Oregon |
Even if he has slime,
We should still love him
anyway,
Respect the Hagfish
By Allison, Mississippi
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Creature of the sea,
Agnatha fish with no fins,
You are filled with gooey slime.
By Cessalee, Mississippi
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Hagfish are awesome They make slimey slimey goo They are very cool By Gordon, Southlake, TX |
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It's not so pretty,
Produces a lot of slime,
A jawless creature.
By Tyrique, Mississippi
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Hagfish it's your day,
It's your special occasion,
Celebrate your day!
By Carlos, Mississippi
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Hagfish help a lot,
even if they are ugly,
Woo-hoo! Go Hagfish!
By Paige, Mississippi
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Swim along slowly Expelling slime when threatened With a haggard face By Elizabeth, Charleston, SC |
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Wormy like Hagfish,
Ugly from top to bottom,
Produces snot slime.
By Adam, Mississippi
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Ugliest of fish,
The slimiest of them all,
Our friend the Hagfish.
By Gracie, Mississippi
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Hagfish are ugly,
They are slimy and knotty,
Have fun getting undone.
By Jacob, Mississippi
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Vaquita Puffy, chunky, cute Loveable little baby's Little clouds in the sea By Hannah and Anika, Oregon |
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You are ugly, NOT!
Cute in your own ways,
Uhuh!
Nature loves you fish!
By Heather, Mississippi
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Goblin Shark I'm ugly slow and pink I live in the deep ocean I'm pink as pink is |
Ugly and unknown,
Wonderful, mysterious,
Keep alive and well.
By Tanya, Mississippi
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Beauty of ugly Very disgusting fishes Hagfish are ugly By Sophia, Southlake, TX |
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Why are they slimey,
They have no jaws and no gills,
Oh Hagfish Day, Yay!
By Hannah, Mississippi
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Hagfish are so neat Sliming along making slime Slimey ugly ooey gooey fish By Conor, Southlake, TX |
They are so super They are so slimy and wet They are animals By Emily, Oregon USA |
Slime makes me stunning All beauty is relative I am the Hagfish By Sunnye, Houston TX |
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I am
a Hagfish I produce slime I have sticky,slimey slime! By Rachel, Southlake, TX |
Hagfish are ugly and very very slimey They are so weird to smell. By Lydia, Southlake, TX |
I
don’t like Hagfish I think they are slimey-ewww! They are not harmful By Eva, Southlake, TX |
I toad lumpsucker am cute and cuddly and it is not my fault By Cole, Tualatin, Oregon |
| I live to tie knots I am slimy and squirmy Oh that hagfish By Courtney, Tualatin, OR USA |
Hagfish, yuck, yuck, yuck! |
Hagfish are so neat Queen of ooey-gooey slime stuff Hagfish are so gross By Celine, Southlake, TX |
Hagfish are so neat I wish they were pretty I do not know what they eat By Landry, Southlake, TX |
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slimy as a snail Cool as a nintendo DS Look at me I'm a hagfish By Lily, Tualatin, OR |
A slimy creature |
Goblin Shark I'm a goblin shark Some of my friends think I'm weird I'm so cute and cuddly. By Mason and Ivan, Oregon USA |
I'm small and round I'm cute as a button I'm a TOAD LUMPSUCKER By Lily, Tualatin, OR |
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I'm just a hagfish I make buckets of thick slime I am very cute By Joseph, Eva, and Stephanie, Oregon |
Small
little hagfish It looks like snot, but it’s not Hagfish are so gross! By Tatum, Southlake, TX |
Not sure about Haikus? Try a Hagfish Day Wish Poem...
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Inspired by Hagfish? Vote for your favorite Ugly-Beauty or write a Hagfish Haiku....the links are below:
Hagfish Haiku Hagfish Wish Poem
Write a Hagfish Day Wish Poem
Find out more about Hagfish Day
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