Wednesday, October 20th 2021 is Hagfish Day!

How is a hagfish like a book cover? According to https://nationaldaycalendar.com/hagfish-day-third-wednesday-in-october/,

"Hagfish are considered to be the ugliest of species. The idea behind this observance is to encourage everyone to look beyond the exterior...Not unlike a book cover, the day points out the benefits of looking deeper into the subject."

How ugly is the hagfish? Really, really ugly. 

Hagfish (two shown) are unlike most fish. They don’t have eyes, jaws or bones. From: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/new-fossil-shows-how-hagfish-went-back-basics

Hagfish-hit highway in Oregon. Source: Depoe Bay Fire Dist/ Twitter They were destined for Asian dinner tables but they and their slime ended up on Highway 101 in Oregon.

A truck carrying over 3400 kilos [Note: about 7,495 pounds] of hagfish was travelling down the coastal road at around noon, when it hit...halted traffic.

Unable to stop, the truck ended up shifting weight which caused one of the cartons carrying live hagfish to "fly across the highway," as the Oregon State Police described.

While that carton landed somewhere on the road, others in the truck toppled and spilled all over, leading to a freak chain-reaction accident involving four vehicles. From: https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/hagfish-slime-eel-covers-highway-oregon-1024496-2017-07-15

And that is all I am going to say about hagfish. I plan to celebrate living in a state with no seacoast.