Name: This fish slime could soon find its way into everyday products — like your contact lenses
Uploaded: 2016-05-25T13:07:00Z
Description: We don't really want this in our eyes.

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Hagfish slime in everyday cosmetics

Matthew Stuart

2016-05-25T13:07:00Z

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The Atlantic Hagfish is an eel-shaped creature that releases a mass of slime when threatened. The slime is so good at holding water that scientists are now studying the hagfish in hopes of replicating it artificially.

Produced by Matt Stuart. Video courtesy of Reuters and ETF Zurich.

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The Atlantic Hagfish is an eel-shaped creature that releases a mass of slime when threatened. The slime is so good at holding water that scientists are now studying the hagfish in hopes of replicating it artificially.