Snotty sea hares clog up nostrils of lobster predators
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 20:30
in Biology & Nature
By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Spiny lobsters have hard shells and strong jaws easily capable of turning the soft-bodied, sluglike sea hare into an easy meal. But new research finds that sea hares have a snotty solution: Clog up potential lobster predators' nostrils.When threatened, the sea hares excrete a white, sticky substance called opaline that stuffs up the lobsters' sensory organs. Wh...