Morgan
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~500 million year old gelling agent or precursor
Hagfish Sliming Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb2EOP3ohnE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagfish
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So if this Nature article is true, a milligram would gel how many liters?
Polymer can turn swimming pool to jelly
http://www.nature.com/news/polymer-can-turn-swimming-pool-to...
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John Wyndham must have known of the hagfish's mucus production habits when he wrote "The Kraken Wakes"?
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If you use the figure 660,000 gallons in an olympic-sized pool, that's 2,498,371 liters making a milligram able to gel 2.49 liters.
"Based on a nominal depth of 2 m, this is 2,500,000 L (550,000 imp gal; 660,000 US gal)"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic-size_swimming_pool
[Edited on 24-1-2013 by Morgan]
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Must try its slip-knot-tying trick! ─ Ooouuuccchhh!
Baaad idea . . .
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