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FOR KIDS: Strong and slimy

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Scientist Atsuko Negishi holds a hagfish in one hand and its slime in the other. She researches the ooze in the laboratory of scientist David Fudge, far right. Big marine predators that try to snack on a hagfish get a nasty surprise. When threatened, the slender hagfish releases enough snotty goo to gag a shark. Materials researchers from Douglas Fudge's laboratory at the University of Guelph have actually now found a way to create strong, stretchy fibers from the slime. These may one day be utilized in parachutes, packing materials or even-- if you're brave enough to use it-- clothing. The researchers just recently introduced the idea of making textile from hagfish mucus.

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hagfish slender hagfish releases scientist David Fudge Scientist Atsuko Negishi hagfish mucus Big marine predators new Science News Douglas Fudge nasty surprise stretchy fibers slime packing materials Materials scientists Kids website

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Scientists spin the snotlike secretions of hagfish into threads

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