Hagfish Ties Itself Into a Knot- 2016 (Remastered!)
In our final remastered video honoring 15 years of ocean exploration, we’re bringing back the fan-favorite hagfish. Watch as the Corps of Exploration diving along the Cascadia Subduction Zone shine a light on this flexible marine animal. Hagfish are unique in that they have a skull but lack a vertebral column- lending to the bendy antics seen in this video. Hagfish are also known for their copious amounts of slime excreted from mucous glands in their skin.
Seeps and Ecosystems of the Cascadia Margin
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and an important commercial resource that fuels many elements of our lives on land. Scientists are beginning to understand the complex and varied ways methane fuels life beneath the sea as well. Nautilus will study methane seep habitats along the length of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, from southern British Columbia to northern California.
