How Hagfish Use Slime as Their Main Defense
A shark closes its jaws around what looks like an easy meal: a soft-bodied, eel-shaped hagfish. Then, almost instantly, the predator’s mouth fills with a strange fibrous slime. The material …
Biomaterials
Velvet Worms Fire Crossing Jets of Sticky Slime
In damp leaf litter on a forest floor, a small arthropod begins to move. Nearby, a velvet worm advances on dozens of soft, stubby legs. It is not built for …