Hagfishology (HAGFISH) with Tim Winegard
Ologies with Alie Ward
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The Applications of Haggfish Slime
Haggfish slime can be formed in any container and conform to the shape of almost anything. The fibers themselves, I've always been interested in actually using for textile. They're a micron in diameter. Even when you think of microfiber clothing, which is so soft, that stuff's like 30 to 50 microns in diameter. So it's much finer. It just gets wrapped around everything with thousands of, you know, with miles and miles of fiber is very easy for it to just get wrapped around things and stay there.
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