Why Some Animals Are Covered in Slime
Ever wonder why some animals don't need sunscreen or how they can live in dry climates without water? Well, some of them can use the slime their bodies produce in weird and helpful ways! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishowkids ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow SOURCES: http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Litoria_platycephala/ http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/hippo http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/adaptations/Estivation https://books.google.com/books?id=pDfavtT_xSsC&pg=PA125#v=onepage&q&f=false https://www.britannica.com/story/how-did-the-sperm-whale-get-its-name https://www.britannica.com/science/ambergris http://eol.org/pages/1047984/details http://press.uchicago.edu/books/excerpt/2012/kemp_floating.html https://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/nose-throat/what-is-mucus-made-of.htm https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/symptoms-causes/syc-20351173 https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/08/120830-ambergris-charlie-naysmith-whale-vomit-science/ http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-is-ambergris.html https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-hippopotamuses-actuall/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-whale-waste-is-valuable/ #scishowkids #slime #animals #biology #science #education #elementary #gross #fun
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