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Sticky or slippery? Snails can change their slime to meet the moment

By Ari DanielAugust 6, 2026·Source: NPR·0 views
A new study finds that snails can modulate the properties of their slime.

Snails are slimy. But there's more to that goo of theirs than meets the eye. It's a fact that may help inspire the creation of new materials.

(Image credit: Franziska Jehle/Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
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Originally reported by NPR. Read the original article

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