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An illustration of a slime creature. In fiction, slimes, also called oozes, are amorphous creatures composed of gelatinous ooze. In literature and film, slimes typically take the role of horrific monsters, while in video games and anime, they are often depicted as cute low-level enemies.
Hagfish can exude copious quantities of a milky and fibrous slime or mucus, from specialized slime glands. [5] When released in seawater, the slime expands to 10,000 times its original size in 0.4 seconds. [12] This slime that hagfish excrete has very thin fibers that make it more durable and retentive than the slime excreted by other animals. [13]
Myxine glutinosa can secrete 2 types of slimes, one of them is the epidermal mucus and the second one is the extruded slime. Epidermal mucus helps the prevention of pathogen and is produced all the time while the extruded slime is only observed during feeding, provocation or stress.
Fuligo septica is a species of slime mold in the class Myxomycetes. It is commonly known as scrambled egg slime or flowers of tan [ 2 ] because of its peculiar yellowish appearance. It is also known as dog vomit slime mold and is relatively common with a worldwide distribution, often being found on bark mulch in urban areas after heavy rain or ...
Most scientists believe that the slime is a defense mechanism. An automatic response to an attack that can paralyze a predator like a lobster, reminiscent of a “Ghostbusters” movie!
Hunting Slime Molds from Smithsonian Magazine "Robot Piloted by a Slime Mold". Slashdot. 2006; dictyBase is an online informatics resource for Dictyostelium, a cellular slime mould. nomen.eumycetozoa.com is an online nomenclatural information system of slime moulds (Myxomycetes, Dictyostelids and Protostelids) of the world.
New Jersey officials have debunked claims that drones were deployed to search for missing radioactive material from a shipping container, following social media speculation linked to reports of ...
Legendary artist, producer and songwriter Smokey Robinson is teaming up with actor and singer Halle Bailey to co-host a tribute to one of the most iconic and influential record labels: Motown.