When attacked, the eel-like hagfish slimes its predator, clogging the fish’s gills so that it can escape. A recent study looks at just what makes the slime so effective. There Keep reading
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How the Hagfish Deploys Its Slime
Hagfish – an eel-like species – are known for their prodigious slime production, which helps them escape predators (and, in some cases, seriously muck up highways). Part of the hagfish’s Keep reading