«We'd eventually like to develop materials to achieve similar functionality
as hagfish slime by using synthetic components, and further develop ideas and methods to better engineer the material.»
Zintzen watched, mesmerized,
as a hagfish chased a six - inch - long fish into a burrow, twisted its body into a knot for leverage, and slowly pulled the fish out — perhaps with the aid of a little slime.
Not exact matches
Species such
as sharks and
hagfish consume the whale's easily accessible soft parts.
As such, the
hagfish represents a kind of missing link in the evolution of the eye.
When a
hagfish shoots slime at a predator, such
as a shark, this goop can clog the attacker's gills.
Hagfish threads have remarkable tensile strength: That means they can stretch a long way before breaking — almost
as far
as spider silk can, explains Fudge.