Skein Unraveling (IMAGE)

University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering

Skein Unraveling

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The team of researchers discovered that hagfish can unfurl a skein of slime in a fraction of a second.

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University of Illinois Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering

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