# Hagfish **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [October 31, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hagfish/703109 "2014-10-31T09:55:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hagfish/703109/1 "2014-10-31T09:55:42Z")
In his [knot-tying snakes](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3186/can-a-snake-tie-itself-into-a-knot-it-can-t-get-out-of) column, the Perfect Master mentions the self-knotting champion, the hagfish. Something he doesn’t mention is that those eel skin wallets that were all the rage some years ago were in reality [hagfish skin](http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gone-fishin/2007/03/myth-busted-eelskin-wallets-and-credit-cards) wallets. One can understand why the marketing guys asked for the name change. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hagfish/703109/2 "2014-10-31T20:04:09Z")
Just wanted to chime in to say this was one of Cecil’s best in a while (in my opinion) – an interesting question that can’t be so thoroughly answered just by a simple Google search, one to which Cecil gave an entertaining and informative treatment. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hagfish/703109/3 "2014-10-31T20:14:43Z")
Oops, I gushed. Don’t give me an official warning, please! 😉