Typically, a hagfish will release less than a teaspoon of gunk from the 100 or so slime glands that line its flanks. And in less than half a second, that little amount will expand by 10,000 times—enough to fill a sizable bucket. … The hagfish themselves scrape the slime off their skin by tying a knot in their bodies and sliding it from head to tail.
Ed Yong ⬩ No One Is Prepared for Hagfish Slime
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