Typically, a hagfish will release less than a teaspoon of gunk from the 100 or so slime glands that line its flanks. And in less than half a second, that little amount will expand by 10,000 times—enough to fill a sizable bucket.
You could inject a hagfish with an extra 40 percent of its body volume without stretching the skin.
The entire hagfish is effectively a large gut, and even that is understating matters: Their skin is actually more efficient at absorbing nutrients than their own intestines.
[Last but not least, a photo caption:] A car is covered in hagfish, and slime, after an accident on Highway 101.
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Consider the hagfish, at length if you think you're hard enough. Choice hagfish tidbits:
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