It helps slugs have Spiderman sex hanging from walls, hagfish turn water into rapidly expanding goo ... in the slime trail of a snail have similar biological properties as the mucus in your ...

SLIME. The goop it exudes – a mix of mucus and special protein cells – expands to 10,000 times its original volume in less than half a second, potentially clogging the gills of competitors.

Hagfish shoot slime that clogs gills and deters predators. Learn how they do it, why it's important, and how it could help humans too.

Hagfish slime is a blend of mucus, seawater and silklike threads ... The basic recipe for all this goo is proteins, sugars, salts and water. Cerullo: And these components come together and ...

Hagfish produce copious amounts of slime when attacked ... in combination with mucus, transform seawater into a thick goo. “It has these spider-silk-like fibres running throughout it, which ...

It shapes the consistency of your bodily fluids, from the saliva in your mouth to the goo that covers ... them into a sticky and slimy substance. Lampreys produce slime to aid in digestion.

Not all of us would drink slime to improve our health, but the goop left by one plant could ... Dr Rajan highlighted the slimy substances hidden health benefits. He said: "While it may look ...

What keeps the boneless, jawless hagfish thriving after more than 300 million years? SLIME. The goop it exudes – a mix of mucus and special protein cells – expands to 10,000 times its original volume ...