The world’s slimiest animal - Noah R. Bressman and Douglas Fudge
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In 2017, a truck screeched to a halt. One of its containers slid off, hit a car, and spilled its contents— thousands of kilograms of hagfish. The result of this accident was an absolute mess: the highway was coated in a thick slime that took the fire department 7 hours to clear. How did these creatures create this stupendous supply of slime? Noah R. Bressman and Douglas Fudge investigate.
Hagfish slime has many remarkable properties. Aside from those mentioned in the video, what are other potential uses of hagfish slime, or components of the slime?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Noah R. Bressman, Douglas Fudge
- Director Denys Spolitak
- Narrator Jack Cutmore-Scott
- Music Jarrett Farkas
- Sound Designer and Mixer Weston Fonger
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Producer Anna Bechtol
- Associate Producer Sazia Afrin
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Script Producer Cella Wright
