• Question: can you take frog slime off the frog and use it as glue or something

    Asked by gracegreen to Niall on 14 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Niall Crawford

      Niall Crawford answered on 14 Mar 2013:


      Probably not, because the frogs slime isn’t sticky like glue. Instead, the frog uses the forces created by their very watery slime to stick – in the same way if you lick your finger and pick up a small bit of paper. Your saliva isn’t like glue, but still holds the paper on.

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