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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. [14]
The spawn (eggs) of a clownfish. The black spots are the developing eyes. Spawn is the eggs and sperm released or deposited into water by aquatic animals. As a verb, to spawn refers to the process of freely releasing eggs and sperm into a body of water (fresh or marine); the physical act is known as spawning. The vast majority of aquatic and ...
A closeup of the skin on an Eldon's galaxias. The slime coat (also fish slime, mucus layer or slime layer) is the coating of mucus covering the body of all fish.An important part of fish anatomy, it serves many functions, depending on species, ranging from locomotion, care and feeding of offspring, to resistance against diseases and parasites.
These penguins aren’t often observed in the wild because they live in the freezing temperatures of Antarctica. Their thick feathers and layer of fat insulate them against the cold and keep them ...
More cockroach-slimes spawn from the pumpkins outside the dungeon, some of which drop ammunition. Ryota learns monsters can spawn outside dungeons from drop items left unattended too long, and rushes off while Erza was in the middle of asking him on a date. By experimenting, he forces a slime to spawn outside, kills it, and it drops ammunition.
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Fresh snowflakes continue to dampen sound even once they reach the ground, turning the world into a sort of soundbooth with padding on every surface to prevent sound waves from bouncing around the ...