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It’s estimated that the plastic being dumped in our<br />
oceans equates to some eight million tons every<br />
year. Between 60 and 80 percent of the debris that<br />
collects on ocean shores is composed of plastic.<br />
About half of all plastic made is<br />
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Kelp is the fastest-growing seaweed. One species<br />
can grow a foot (25 cm) per<br />
day. Bull kelp stays afloat using<br />
gas-filled bulbs which hold up<br />
to 3 quarts (3 l) of gas, including<br />
carbon monoxide. Bull kelp<br />
grows up to <strong>11</strong>8 feet<br />
(36 m) long in a single<br />
season. A length of bull<br />
kelp is very elastic and can<br />
stretch up to a third of<br />
its length.<br />
HAGFISH<br />
• The hagfish is an eel-like creature that grows<br />
up to several feet long and lives in the ocean.<br />
By most accounts, it is considered to be the<br />
world’s most disgusting animal.<br />
• There are over 70 species of hagfish which<br />
live mostly in cold-water areas, ranging from<br />
the shallows to depths of 5,500 feet (1,700<br />
m). They all share one common trait of spewing<br />
huge amounts of slime when threatened or<br />
startled.<br />
• Though they are often called “slime eels” or<br />
“snot eels” they are not true eels. They belong<br />
to the family Agnatha denoting a classification<br />
of fish that have no jaws and no fins.<br />
• Hagfish are scavengers, typically boring a<br />
hole into whatever carcass they find. They<br />
have lost their fish scales which might snag on<br />
things, sporting a smooth skin instead.<br />
• After delving into a body, they spread mucus<br />
around. This serves not only to repel other<br />
creatures who might also want to feast, but also<br />
kills bacteria in the area.<br />
• Hagfish have no jaws, but instead use a<br />
sucker-like mouth with two rows of teeth to bite<br />
off chunks of their meals. They wrap themselves<br />
in knots which provide leverage when<br />
tearing through tough skin. Their skull is made<br />
of cartilage but they have no bones and no vertebrae,<br />
making knot-tying easy. They also tie<br />
themselves in knots which they pull themselves<br />
through in order to scrape excess mucus off<br />
their bodies. Additionally, they can tie themselves<br />
into a knot if they find themselves in the<br />
mouth of a larger creature.<br />
• The hagfish is also capable of “sneezing” in<br />
order to clear its nostrils of slime.<br />
• Because the hagfish has no bones, and its skin<br />
is only very loosely attached to its body, it can<br />
squeeze through very small holes that are only<br />
half as wide as its body.<br />
• Hagfish can go months without food, but<br />
when they do find food, they can absorb nutrients<br />
directly through their skin.<br />
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Differences<br />
1. Eight ball is black. 2. Boy’s shirt stripe is black.<br />
3. Boy’s cue stick is shorter. 4. Balls #2 and #7 have moved.<br />
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