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Terry catches a ray-finned fish from the ocean and notices that attached to its flank is an equally long, snakelike organism. The attached organism has no external segmentation, no scales, a round mouth surrounded by a sucker, and two small eyes. Terry thinks it might be a marine leech, a hagfish, or a lamprey.
-The snakelike organism turned out to be a hagfish. Consequently, why should Terry throw the fish to which the hagfish was attached overboard, rather than having it for dinner?
A) It has mucus on its skin.
B) If it had an ectoparasite, then it must also have endoparasites.
C) The bite of the hagfish introduces paralytic neurotoxins, which Terry wants to avoid.
D) It was already sick or dying; otherwise, the hagfish would probably not have attacked it.

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Hagfish are known to feed on dead or dying fish, so if a hagfish was attached to the fish, it indicates that the fish was likely already sick or dying, making it an unsuitable choice for consumption.

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