The New Zealand hagfish is a jawless marine animal with almost no eyes. It lives on the ocean floor off the coasts of New Zealand, secretes a lot of mucus for protection, and feeds on carrion.
The New Zealand hagfish differs from other hagfish in having a greater number of gill openings and a wide body. It is important for nature because it cleans the ocean floor of dead animals and serves as a link in the study of ancient fish.
homogamy, reproduction always with fertilization, no alternation of generations
Worker
scraping
Gill pores size
birth time
Pelagic Ocean
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
days
marine pelagic
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
Rasping or abrading food surfaces with teeth or mouthparts.
adult
Maturity
invertebrates
Melon
About health
marine coastal
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
Barbels color
carrion
results
protection from predators
Colors
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
scavenging, eat already dead animals
Gremllins
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Uses an excavated underground tunnel or chamber for refuge or nesting.
all seas and oceans
Trophic type
all living animals without backbone
Filters
scavenger
Cold Upwelling
Upcoming birthdays
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
tongue
Age (from birth to death)
Wanderers
far from shore, deep water, large whales and sharks live here
world of Australasia
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
Lifespan average
Temperate Sea
Cold Sea
Regeneration
What do they look like?
Maturity
scavenging
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
Wraps body around prey to immobilise or suffocate before swallowing.
water is cool or warm, cold in winter, comfortable to swim in summer
Slime glands count
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Pets
{name} jubilee
Eyes size
cm
Old-timers
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turns
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
Rascals
Litter size
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Barbels size
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
pelagic zone — open water far from shore and seabed
Where are they found?
all seas and oceans
from 0.8 to 1.2 kilograms, 0.6 – 1.2 meters
all rivers and lakes
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
normal sexual
Taxons
Temperate sea
if born as {name}
inhabit and develop in salty sea water
water cool or warm, cold in winter, swimmable in summer
age
birth date
tearing
rest
Close
was
Barbels count
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
Marine world
The basics
My weight?
spawning ground - place of egg-laying in the sea; may be protected, provide shelter, spawning pit or other structure
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
teeth
burrow
Temperate sea
Potential Habitat
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Mass
sea
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
Body size
Rips or shreds food using teeth, beak or claws.
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
water is cool or warm, cold in winter, you can swim in summer
{name} birthday
No results found
Eyes color
On the map
all life stages
Female ♀
Body color
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
birth year
Maturity
sq mm
yr
constriction
How similar?
water is almost always cold, there may be ice in winter, not hot in summer
Male ♂
until the celebration
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Neither
from birth to adulthood
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
Marine world
Hard dental structures used to bite, tear, or scrape food.
Freshwater
dead fish
Gill pores color
Duration
saline marine habitat
This is me
Gamers
How are they built?
marine
suffocation of prey
shallow near the shore, water rises and falls, crabs live here
mm
Theoretical lifespan
cold water rises from the depths, lots of fish
ml
Stars
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coastal marine zone — shelf, neritic zone
My age?
wk
My size?
Asexual
water almost always cold, ice possible in winter, summers not hot
swap
active predation
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
celebrated their {n} birthday
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
Littoral Zone
Daddies
Gill pores count
Lifespan maximum
world of Australasia
foraging
dead fish
Hermaphrodite ⚥
Uses the tongue to locate, manipulate, or ingest food items.
Cold sea
embryo
Length
kg
egg-laying in seawater
Observations
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