Slime crimes : hagfish / by Ellen Lawrence ; consultant, Douglas S. Fudge, PhD, Associate Professor, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Orange, California.
You've been slimed! -- Meet a hagfish -- Seabed life -- Slime attack -- Shiploads of slime -- Let's eat! -- Rotting dinner -- Mini slime-inators -- Stringy slime -- Science lab -- Science words.
Summary
How does a hagfish use clouds of slime to stay safe from fierce predators? And is it true that this eel-like fish can produce gallons of slime when attacked? Learn the answers to these questions and more -- and prepare to get slimed!
