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High-power slime from the hagfish - one of nature's miracles

submitted by arvana

1 decade 7 years ago

slime
, hagfish

7 Comments

pragmatick says...

So?

So? So, like .5g of hagfish goo has the ability to turn hundreds of times its own weight of water into slime immediately. We don't understand how to do this!

Tags changed from "slime" to "slime, hagfish" by gold star member silvercord.

from wikipedia:

It has also recently been discovered that the mucus excreted by the hagfish is unique in that it includes strong, threadlike fibres similar to spider silk. What is interesting about hagfish slime is that it is fibre-reinforced. No other slime secretion known is reinforced with fibres in the way Hagfish slime is. The fibres are about as fine as spider silk (averaging two micrometres), but can be twelve centimetres long. When the coiled fibres leave the Hagfishes' 'slime' gland, they unravel quickly to their full length without tangling. Research continues into potential uses for this or a similar synthetic gel or of the included fibres. Some possibilities include new biodegradable polymers, space-filling gels, and as a means of stopping blood flow in accident victims and surgery patients.

Pretty neat!

That's how they make gak actually

dag

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)

Fascinating. I'm sure there would be a lot of uses for a substance like this.

For sure, Dag....can you imagine the amount of pranks one could do with that???

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