Not To Be Seen In Appearance: Ugly Fish Brings Great Gospel To The Textile Industry.

< p > when it comes to fashion and fabric, we will associate with silks and satin.

Many materials scientists in the world have discovered almost simultaneously that the mucus of the eel, which lives in the deep sea, can be made into a new elastic fiber.

Canadian scientists believe that the mucus of the eel will no doubt become a potential fiber material. The guardian of the British newspaper said the eel mucus will soon become a new Lycra.

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P ABC news reports that the eel mucus will become the most environmentally-friendly fashion material.

Perhaps people's future tights should be made from the eel mucus.

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< p > the blind eel, a round mouth animal, resembles a snake, and its eyes degenerate under the skin, hence its name.

It feeds on frail fishes and dead bodies that sink into the sea, and drills gills to dig out until the skeleton is left.

The eel not only uses the comb like teeth to gnaw the rotten corpse, but also lives in the corpse, absorbs the nutrition through the skin.

What makes this habit even more unbelievable is the self defense of the blind eel.

The weasel has a smell pack, octopus has ink sac, and the eel has mucus.

The blind eel has a keen sense of smell and touch. Once it senses the arrival of the enemy, 0.4s can secrete a lot of mucus and block the gill of the other side. If the enemy does not retreat, it will suffocate.

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< p > the blind eel has been devalued for its fearful appearance and rotten habits, and has won the third runner up on the nausea animal list.

Tim, a researcher at University of Guelph in Canada, thinks that although the blind eel appears to be nothing but a parasite, it is worth respectful.

The eel has survived for 330 million years and is the most primitive non mandibular vertebrate.

The evolutionary path of this creature is long and tortuous. They should not only prevent natural enemies from attacking, but also be vigilant against natural disasters.

The dinosaurs of biological hegemony have not yet been spared, and the tiny eel can still swim and swim in the sea bottom. Its vitality is strong and admirable.

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< p > removing the identity of the animal elder, it has been confirmed that the eel can bring a revolutionary change to the "a target=" _blank "href=" http://www.91se91.com/ "textile" /a "industry, because the body of the eel has about 100 glands secreting milky white matter on its side.

The secretion contains mucus and filaments, diffuses quickly with water, and dilute the mucus, producing a large number of fine yet strong fibers.

After drying, the fibers are silky and slender, and can be made into good textile materials.

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< p > commonly used synthetic fibers such as nylon and Lycra are made from non renewable resources of petroleum.

Oil is the blood of industry, and its importance is self-evident.

Experts predict that with the speed of exploitation and consumption, the earth's oil will probably be depleted within 50 years.

For many years, scientists have been looking for more natural and environmentally-friendly alternatives to oil, but little has been achieved.

Fortunately, the latest research shows that with the eel mucus or similar protein as raw material, it can be made into tights, breathable sportswear and even bullet proof vests.

This not only greatly reduces oil consumption, but also natural environmental protection, cost-effective.

It brings a glimmer of hope to scientists who have long been unable to find them.

The common eel is about 30cm long and the largest is only 1.2m.

The body is small, but the mucus content in the eel is quite substantial, which means that the raw materials of superior textiles have a new source.

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< p > the prospect is beautiful, but there are many problems.

Compared with the raw materials needed for mass production of garments, the natural secreted mucus of the eel is a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, the primary problem is to increase mucus production.

Douglas Fauji, a leader of the Guelph research project, believes that the breeding mode of the eel can not be imitated by the large-scale farm farming mode of chickens and ducks.

Although the research on the blind eel has lasted for a long time, little is known about its reproductive mode and age.

The blind eel is not like otoliths having otolith, and age can be calculated according to the ring pattern.

Scientists can only plan to develop proteins similar to the eel mucus in order to meet the needs of mass production according to their growth status.

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< p > Artificial research and development has also been used for spider silk, but because of its large protein granules, the replication method is too complex to give up.

Compared with spider silk, the eel mucus has a great advantage, that is, protein granules are smaller and theoretically easier to reproduce.

Some members of the research group are trying to completely abandon the eel and make use of genetic engineering bacteria to make a substitute for the blind eel silk.

If the research is successful, this will bring about significant innovation for the textile industry.

At the same time, another member of the research team, dun Yin, is working on the silk thread axis of the eel.

She tweezers gently clipped the protein membrane of the eel, and the membrane contracts to form a small filament like hair.

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< p > when extracting the viscose fiber of the eel, the energy needs to be concentrated and the strength should be just right, otherwise it can only be wasted.

It is hard to imagine the difficulty of producing a fiber spool.

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At present, all countries are scrambling to develop these products and try them in P.

Once large-scale production is successful, this will bring new opportunities for development of the textile industry.

Of course, to achieve this beautiful blueprint, R & D personnel should do their best, and the product design of every enterprise will also be racking their brains.

The shape of the blind eel is daunting, and mucus is more reminiscent of nausea, sputum and other disgusting secretions.

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< p >, therefore, it is necessary to let consumers willing to wear the "a target=" _blank "href=" http://www.91se91.com/ "clothes" /a as the raw material, and still need to reinventing the image of the eel.

If the name is successful, changing the image of the "eel" before the blind eel is also a great contribution it has made to mankind.

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