Hagfish and Creation
by Owen Borville
March 6, 2021
Biology, Science, Learning
The hagfish is a jawless marine vertebrate (Agnatha class) similar to a lamprey. The hagfish has a slime ejecting, long cylindrical or tubular pink-colored body like an eel that can coil up. The hagfish also is defined by a round mouth with teeth and a tongue that helps in eating and biting.
Hagfish are jawless, boneless, and are composed of cartilage including the skull and have a notochord that functions like a backbone.
Hagfish have characteristics of both invertebrates and vertebrates, making them difficult to classify and testifies to the uniqueness of these animals.
The hagfish is described as primitive by mainstream scientists, but creationists describe the hagfish as a unique creation.
The hagfish is the only known animal to have a skull but no vertebral column, but it does have a notochord that functions similarly to vertebrae, but is more flexible and helps in movement.
Carnivorous hagfish help clean up and recycle dead animals on the seafloor. Hagfish also provide a food source for other marine animals.
Hagfish use their slime to deter predators, as they produce large amounts of slime which when mixed with seawater, produces this clear sticky substance, allowing it to slide away but they still get eaten sometimes. Hagfish can also "sneeze" their slime to remove it from its nostrils.
Hagfish look similar to fossilized specimens dated to 300 million years ago, including paired tentacles, internal organs, head, and mouth, therefore making them living fossils that defy evolution and are the product of a special creation.
The first fossil hagfish was found in 1991 and was dated over 300 million years old from a Pennsylvanian formation in Illinois. (First fossil hagfish (Myxinoidea): A record from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois. Science 254:701-703).
Hagfish vision is not good, but its senses of smell and touch are strong with their pairs of sensing tentacles by their mouths. Hagfish have four hearts.
Slow metabolism allows hagfish to go months without food. Hagfish can also absorb nutrients directly into their body and skin, helping it survive for longer periods.
Hagfish lay relatively large, hard eggs but few in number.
Hagfish can tie their bodies into a knot to help avoid its own slime and to help it eat in the absence of jaws and helps grip and squeeze food. The knot forms exactly where the lower jaw should be or is needed. Its loose skin help with this feat.
by Owen Borville
March 6, 2021
Biology, Science, Learning
The hagfish is a jawless marine vertebrate (Agnatha class) similar to a lamprey. The hagfish has a slime ejecting, long cylindrical or tubular pink-colored body like an eel that can coil up. The hagfish also is defined by a round mouth with teeth and a tongue that helps in eating and biting.
Hagfish are jawless, boneless, and are composed of cartilage including the skull and have a notochord that functions like a backbone.
Hagfish have characteristics of both invertebrates and vertebrates, making them difficult to classify and testifies to the uniqueness of these animals.
The hagfish is described as primitive by mainstream scientists, but creationists describe the hagfish as a unique creation.
The hagfish is the only known animal to have a skull but no vertebral column, but it does have a notochord that functions similarly to vertebrae, but is more flexible and helps in movement.
Carnivorous hagfish help clean up and recycle dead animals on the seafloor. Hagfish also provide a food source for other marine animals.
Hagfish use their slime to deter predators, as they produce large amounts of slime which when mixed with seawater, produces this clear sticky substance, allowing it to slide away but they still get eaten sometimes. Hagfish can also "sneeze" their slime to remove it from its nostrils.
Hagfish look similar to fossilized specimens dated to 300 million years ago, including paired tentacles, internal organs, head, and mouth, therefore making them living fossils that defy evolution and are the product of a special creation.
The first fossil hagfish was found in 1991 and was dated over 300 million years old from a Pennsylvanian formation in Illinois. (First fossil hagfish (Myxinoidea): A record from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois. Science 254:701-703).
Hagfish vision is not good, but its senses of smell and touch are strong with their pairs of sensing tentacles by their mouths. Hagfish have four hearts.
Slow metabolism allows hagfish to go months without food. Hagfish can also absorb nutrients directly into their body and skin, helping it survive for longer periods.
Hagfish lay relatively large, hard eggs but few in number.
Hagfish can tie their bodies into a knot to help avoid its own slime and to help it eat in the absence of jaws and helps grip and squeeze food. The knot forms exactly where the lower jaw should be or is needed. Its loose skin help with this feat.
