Hagfish: DIY Slime Machine!
Fish of the Week!
English - October 30, 2023 04:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 62 ratingsWilderness Sports Science Nature fish fishing culture fisheries fisheries management conservation science indigenous rivers coasts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Meet the Hagfishes! Their superpower is producing a ridiculous amount of slime in just a fraction of a second. Dr. Douglas Fudge from Chapman University's Comparative Biomaterials Lab and Dr. Dean Grubbs from Florida State University's Coastal and Marine Laboratory join Katrina and Guy to talk about the importance of hagfish and their very special slime.