mccWait what
EDIT: I should have included the link https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/hagfish-slime/581002/
These things appear to be some kind of Dr. Who monster. I wonder how little framing I'd have to have done to convince you the above screenshot was faked/photoshopped
Kelson@mcc I was definitely not prepared for that
JP@mcc "a single hagfish can fill a 5-gallon bucket with slime, seemingly instantly" is an all time great sentence, partner and i still quote it to one another years later
@mcc basically their slime has incredible molecular properties, expanding ridiculously when released. when sharks try to chomp them, they get a choking mouthful of slime. A+ adaptation would slime again
Irenes (many)@jplebreton @mcc this sounds amazing
@mcc https://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2014/04/guelph_research.html curious as to what fruits the last 10 years of hagfish slime research has yielded
Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKI had to convert that to litres to get an idea of the volume (not only are gallons an outdated unit over here, ours are *different* from the USA!) and its near enough the contents of a whole entire large bucket (20 litres) that I use for car detailing..
Arjen 
almibe
t s r o n o@mcc pretty sure if i saw that in person you could tell me you'd photoshopped reality & i'd believe you. unreal.
DHeadshot's Alt@mcc
I'm still not convinced it's real, though the reply made me more likely to do so...
I'm still not convinced it's real, though the reply made me more likely to do so...
Nathan Lorenz@mcc my incredulity meter went off the charts, I assumed it had to be faked. Delighted to have that headline be a true story.
The Doctor
Uli Kusterer (Not a kitteh)@mcc The only time I heard the word “hagfish" was in the game “Dishonored” (where I imagined it was an old-timey sounding word they'd made up to support the atmosphere of this steampunk dystopia, as it's one of the unsatisfying-sounding canned foods you can find there as health items).
Thanks for letting me know that it's actually just a real thing they used because it sounds fitting.