Because they possess only a few rudiments ofvertebrae, hagfishes are extremely flexible and have the ability to tie themselves into an overhand knot and can cause a knot to slide along the body. This ability has several uses. Hagfishes can use knotting to remove slime from their own bodies...
A Real Slimeball:Hagfish are long creatures that exude a sticky slime (from which the typical speciesMyxine glutinosadraws its name). They tie themselves in knots to scrape the slime off of their bodies. Instead of vertically articulating jaws likeGnathostomata(vertebrates with jaws), they have ...
Hagfish have important commercial uses. For one, they are eaten in Korea and Japan. In Korea, they are typically skinned before being grilled or stir-fried and are considered an aphrodisiac by the men. In Japan, hagfish serve as an alternative to tofu, due to the slime that can bind a...
根据第一段中的Hagfish produce a slime when approachedby enemies和第三段可知,盲鳗分泌这种黏液是为了保护自己。8.B。细节理解题。根据第二段可知,盲鳗是一种生命力很强的物种。9.C。推理判断题。根据第四段可知Kuster是一名化学家和材料科学家,他迫切想知道盲鳗黏液的成分,以及这种黏液如何吸收了那么多水分。
It is believed that the Hagfish uses this slime to protect itself from predators. It can also be used to easily produce a protective cocoon for the Hagfish. It is believed that this slime can actually suffocate predators by clogging their gills if they come in contact with it. The Hag...
(SEFS) in University College Cork. They envisionslimeas a material that could have uses in everything from clothing and body armour to applications in the medical field. They believe that the slime could replace many products that now ultimately derive from the petroleum industry. Slime is no ...
2.Drag forces from motions in water alone can unravel skeins fast enough to explain the hagfish’s speedy slime defense, the researchers report today in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 3.Of course, in its natural environment on the seafloor, the hagfish has other uses for this...
Figure 1. Histological cross-section through a slime gland. Hagfish slime glands, which are continuous with the skin (S), produce two main slime secretory cell types, the gland thread cells (GTCs) and gland mucus cells (GMCs). When provoked, the striated muscle around the gland (M) contra...