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 is very effective at deterring would-be fish predators like sharks but is ineffective against bird and mammal predators. Why doesn’t their slime defend against non-fish predators?
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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
