Would you wear this ?

[hemet dennis]

This is good.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/clothing-made-hagfish-slime-could-185800016.html

 

[Megan Amber]

That is pretty awesomely GROSS!

 

[Lunar Rain]

Snot for me! >_<

 

[conny63malies]

You think its a booger but it snot.

 

[bluesub]

I can't say that silkworm thread is really any less gross (or a fur coat...). Maybe it has a beautiful shine?

 

[duckinnut]

Sounds fishy to me. Maybe they can get a govt. grant to further explore this idea. They can call the product "Eelyndra". Boy that names sounds familiar but can't recall.

 

[Peaches Lee]

I don't think it's gross, I think it's sad, poor little fishes being harvested for their slime...

 

[mom'sfolly]

I heard about this quite a while ago. They are actually trying to make synthetic fibers that are chemically the same as those in hagfish slime. As the little article states, hagfish don't breed in captivity.

Here is a slightly more scientific article: http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/hagfish-slime-super-clothes-121203.htm

 

[hemet dennis]

I don't think it's gross, I think it's sad, poor little fishes being harvested for their slime...

You don't take eggs from your chickens ? Do you have any feather pillows ? Do you ever eat chickens ?

 

[SillyChicken]

You don't take eggs from your chickens ? Do you have any feather pillows ? Do you ever eat chickens ?

Wrong! Sorry..

The difference is that the hagfish won't reproduce in captivity and need an environment that is not economical if at all possible for the masses to utilize.... chickens are available to anyone, anywhere (save for a few stupid laws and ordinances which prevent it). IF the situation was reversed... we may all be eating hagfishnuggets and wishing we could have a chicken egg. It is NOT in anyone's best interest to harvest a wild animal for one thing......... the black rhino for example which is now gone, for the sake of his horn.

I doubt the poster has an issue with eating eggs or chickens so much as killing a non replaceable species for the sake of it's slime. I'd be willing to bet they may not be opposed to harvesting just the slime and freeing the fish if it were possible.