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

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 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 ...

Four years ago when Karen Robinovitz and her longtime friend Sara Schiller first plunged their hands into a container of slime, the idea of creating a business out of the mucus-like goop was the ...

Mucus does far more than just act as a protective barrier. Emerging research reveals ways to harness its power and deliver ...

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 ...