If you don't like worms or slime, you may not wish to view the following. If you don't mind "ick!", go ahead and view! Do not view just before dinner. : )
On the wharf in Morro Bay, next to the little shack on which the pelicans perched, dock workers were unloading "slime eels" from fishing boats. Apparently, the slime these critters produce is loved by Koreans as a culinary delicacy. I guess it's all about what one is used to. Click on the link below to view the video, if you dare!
http://youtu.be/RElEWgInq_E
Slime eels are also called hagfish. Scientists are still discussing how the hagfish should be classified, and to which animals it is closest to. It is an invertebrate in that it has no spine, but it is somewhat a vertebrate in that it has a skull of sorts that protect the brain (such as it is).
Slime eels produce slime when agitated or when attempting to escape being eaten. Stirring a stick in a bucket of slime eels will cause massive quantities of slime to be produced, which is then harvested with nets. The eels themselves are apparently not eaten, mostly because of their looks and their unappealing consistency.
Whoever is able to read this all the way through, and view the video, should receive a prize of some sort!!
