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#Myxini

2 matchups tagged Myxini.

Scanning electron micrograph of an active Milnesium tardigradum showing its plump body, eight stubby legs, and clawed feet.

A hairless, wrinkled pink naked mole-rat with prominent front teeth

A tongue-eating louse sitting inside the open mouth of a striped seabream where the tongue used to be

A Pacific hagfish poking out of a hole on the seafloor at 150 meters depth

A bombardier beetle of the genus Brachinus with an orange thorax and dark blue wing covers.

Weekend Special - Champion of the Week

Champion of the Week: Five Weekday Winners, One Crown

A space-proof bug, a deathless sausage, a tongue thief, a highway-slimer, and a butt-cannon beetle walk into a Saturday. Only one is Critter of the Week.

7 weeks ago · 6 min

A wild aye-aye clinging to a tree trunk at night, showing its large eyes, big ears, and thin fingers

A velvet worm (Oroperipatus) photographed in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, showing its soft segmented body and stubby legs

Aye-Aye vs Hagfish vs Velvet Worm: A Skeleton Finger, a Snot Bomb, and a 500-Million-Year-Old Glue Gun

One mammal, one jawless fish, one ancient invertebrate. Three completely unrelated ways to be deeply upsetting.

7 weeks ago · 5 min

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