The Slimy Wonders of Hagfish
June 7, 2024
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as posted by the channelHagfish have been around for over 330 million years, giving them plenty of time to evolve the perfect survival tool: slime. And not just any slime. Hagfish slime is known for its incredible ability to expand in size. In a fraction of a second, a hagfish can fill a whole bucket with this slippery, gooey substance that helps them thwart the attacks of would-be predators.
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Tetsuto Miyashita, University of Chicago
Zintzen, V., Roberts, C., Anderson, M. et al. Hagfish predatory behaviour and slime defence mechanism. Sci Rep 1, 131 (2011).
Chaudhary, G., Ewoldt, R.H. and Thiffeault, J.L. Unravelling hagfish slime. J.R. Soc. Interface 1620180710 (2019).
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