Delving Into The Nature Of Squid Glue
Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 14:32
in Physics & Chemistry
(That's glue made by squids, not glue made from squids. Don't be mean.)Yesterday I explained that the little pygmy squid Idiosepius' glue gland produces two different oozes, and so it must be either a duo-gland or an epoxy gland. (By the way, "duo-gland" is a very scientific term. "Epoxy gland" I just made up; glue scientists will probably look at you weirdly if you use it.) And then I quoted some data from a paper arguing that it is probably an epoxy gland--that is, the two different oozes mix together to form glue. read more