Species

HCSO: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/sheriff/2024/jul/17/#incident-953697">Suspicious Circumstance &#8212; 5500 Block of NOE AVE 12:48 a.m.
HCSO: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/sheriff/2024/jul/17/#incident-953696">Welfare Check &#8212; 1800 Block of BUHNE DR 12:40 a.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2024/jul/17/#incident-953667">NON-INJURY TRAFFIC COLLISION &#8212; W WABASH AV/CALIFORNIA ST 12:37 a.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2024/jul/17/#incident-953666">FOOT PATROL &#8212; 600 Block of W HARRIS ST 12:24 a.m.
APD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/arcata/2024/jul/17/#incident-953690">DISTURBANCE MISCELLANEOUS &#8212; 2200 Block of ALLIANCE RD 12:22 a.m.
PATROLLED: Fortuna Police Department: July 17, 2024 midnight
PATROLLED: Eureka Police Department: July 17, 2024 midnight

Eptatretus stoutii (Pacific hagfish)

Eptatretus stoutii. Photo: (c) jeanette_bham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

The Pacific hagfish (Eptatretus stoutii) is a species of hagfish. It lives in the mesopelagic to abyssal Pacific ocean, near the ocean floor. It is a jawless fish and has a body plan that resembles early paleozoic fish. They are able to excrete prodigious amounts of slime in self-defense.

— Wikipedia