How to Use Hagfish Slime to Block Waterflow

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Hagfish slime can be used to block the flow of water around different objects, like a boat propeller. One idea might be that maybe you can mix it into an oil slick and bind the water and the oil into it. I think Hagfish pretty much lack everything that we can associate with,. So, that probably lends it to seeming like an ugly worm-like eel-like creature. Some are naturally more relaxed than others. A relaxed Hagfish can be a good Hagfish. Do you have favorite Hagfish in the tank? Are you like, what's up, buddy? I think so.

Hagfish: these floppy hot dogs of the deep sea deserve our undying respect. Tim Winegard is a professional hagfishologist (YES IT'S A WORD) at Chapman University, and he dishes on the world's slimiest treasures. Prepare to hear about swift escapes, spellbinding clots of slime, patchy backstories, aphrodisiacs, outlasting extinction events, why you don't always need a spine, eating your way out of a dead whale, and -- like a slippery messiah -- turning water to slime. Also Alie confronts her fear of m*cus.

Comparative Biomaterials Lab at Chapman University: https://sites.chapman.edu/fudge/

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